Hi, On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:53 AM, M Vrm <netraa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I had sometimes problems. > > But the problems I had (I have FDBASECD.ISO) where: I was looking for my USB > (it > didn't support that) so I typed every drive letter I could imagine it was > on. But that was not very handy. This is the error: > > " ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION OCCURRED > CS=0029 IP=8A53 SS=174C SP=368E DS=000 ES=174C > > EAX=00100008 EBX=0000003 > ECX=000006CE EDX=000039 > ESI=0000002 EDI=000014A5 EBP=000037A9 > > Opcodes @CS:IP F0 75 03 E9 A8 04 83 7E > > Aborting program > > EMM386 - Unable to continue - please reboot=" > > After the last "=" it where random number to fast to see. > After reboot just fine.
Just FYI, "FDBASECD.ISO" is old (2006) FreeDOS 1.0 while latest is FD11SRC.ISO (2012). And even that is somewhat outdated nowadays. It's been a while since I tried, but I think 1.0 (2006) used old EMM386 pre-Japheth's fixes, hence I'd recommend JEMM386 instead these days (if at all, I don't personally use EMS much and don't really need UMBs). http://freedos.sourceforge.net/software/?prog=jemm386 http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/emm386/jemm386 Part of the problem is bad settings or being overzealous on UMBs. IIRC, there was an ultra safe setting (in JEMM386) to try before anything else. Personally, I always remember "X=TEST I=TEST" being useful. I never used JEMMEX (HIMEMX + JEMM386) much. These days I only run HIMEMX, nothing else, unless forced. (JEMM386 can LOAD and UNLOAD at cmdline, if needed, so that's quite useful, even if it doesn't provide UMBs then, but at least you can use fake EMS for some old software and don't need to reboot.) > I pressed a key (no idea which one) and I got the answer "--" (flashing) and > it was constantly beeping. > After reboot just fine. > > After that (now) I booted it up. > And I get the answer: > > "KERNEL.SYS KERNEL.SYS KERNEL.SYS KERNEL.SYS" > > It goes on with that until it filled the screen and then it goes further > with doing that. > After reboot not fine. If it's not okay after reboot, that means something was corrupted. You should probably run DOSFSCK and/or replace your system files (esp. kernel and shell), and see if that helps. http://freedos.sourceforge.net/software/?prog=dosfsck http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/chkdsk/dosfsck/ > Now the laptop stands in a cupboard (I mean something else but I don't > know how it is named. I also can't find it and I'm on my mobile and I can't > look it up. So if you want to know what I really mean translate (Dutch to > English) "kast". Sorry for that) Presumably "chest" or "drawer". (Google Translate isn't much help.) Or did you mean a room like "closet"? > With a layer of dust waiting for an operating system (If you have one I like > to hear :) ) I hope it didn't have any crucial files (that aren't backed up). A reinstall is easy, though. Do you have working CD or floppy drives? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
