Hi Georg, > I did a test of this CD too. First I would suggest to make an El-Torito hard > disk instead of using ISOLinux. DOS I feel should boot directly and not by > booting a version of Linux first.
Isolinux is not Linux. Isolinux is a boot menu which, among other things, has the ability to boot Linux. There is no Linux in there. > Then I have to mention that I cannot read the menu within 5 seconds and > decide what to select. After 5 seconds the menu will run automatically into > the install FreeDOS on hard disk branch. That indeed is a risky default after such a short waiting time. > And then wait forever to select the > language. Therefore I would suggest to have no menu selection to be run > automatically. Today, most people may use the CD to boot FreeDOS on a > Windows7 PC and they do not want to install FreeDOS on the NTFS disk. I agree. > When I select "Use FreeDOS as LiveCD system.." and have a Flash disk > inserted, the El-Torito Bootable CD-Rom driver results in the error: > "JemmEX: exception 0D occured". That is the good old general protection fault (GPF) that you also know from Windows. Maybe it would be better to have NO *emm* style driver loaded by default, as those tend to be hard for "one size fits all" configurations. Modern BIOSes and other hardware and firmware fail to announce reserved areas properly, *emm* enables UMBs, conflict, bang. > When I have no Flash disk inserted it boots ok and the prompt is on drive F: > However, when I enter "keyb gr" I get the error: "JemmEX: exception 06 > occured". So maybe some "on-demand BIOS module for USB flash storage" is one of those UMB conflict cases? But something else goes wrong with the keyb driver as well - again, please try if skipping JEMMEX solves both :-) Note that your BIOS typically decides about modules only at boot time. > Further drive F: is called "FD11Setup". Drive A: is "FDOS11Setup". Now, when Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
