IIRC, BasicLinux [0] and other UMSDOS Linuxes would not boot/load with EMM386 as they would put the CPU into V86 mode. After such, loadlin, et. al., could not recapture control of the CPU and reload the GDT [1].
[0] http://distro.ibiblio.org/baslinux/ [1] http://wiki.osdev.org/GDT_Tutorial On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Jose Antonio Senna <jasse...@vivointernetdiscada.com.br> wrote: > > On 2 january Antony Gordon said: > > Try Loadlin with no memory managers installed. > > Good idea. It worked. > > I was using HIMEMX only, no EMM. > Removing the line in CONFIG.SYS much reduced available low > memory, but allowed Loadlin to boot Linux from DOS prompt. > > Pity that is not possible to test with EMM only, > as JEMM386 requires a XMS manager to work. > > Regards > JAS > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
