I wanted to share this good news from a FreeDOS user on Mastodon:

https://indiepocalypse.social/@gourd/116854271715964853

:: tada! On FAT32 too. Did need to enable that..
::
:: > [386Enh]
:: > InDOSPolling=TRUE
::
:: ..option I saw mentioned here [danielectra.github.io] to get
:: it to work, but then it ran without any further switches.
::
:: HIMEMEX, no further memory manager, and you need to run the
:: Share command first.
::
:: On top of the other benefits of 386 Enhanced Mode, I kinda
:: want it because the S3 Virge drivers only work in enhanced
:: mode.
::
:: Now to see if drivers, UMBPCI for UMBs w/o virtualization,
:: and Norton Desktop work.


I followed the same steps and I was able to install and run Windows
3.11 in 386 Enhanced mode (WIN /3) on the latest FreeDOS kernel!

Here were my steps:

1. Boot FreeDOS T2607 with menu option 4 (this only loads HIMEMX, not JEMMEX)
2. Install Windows 3.11 from floppies
3. Edit C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI to add InDOSPolling=TRUE to the [386Enh] section
4. Run FreeDOS SHARE
5. Run WIN /3


And that worked!

My only problem: I can't save files, such as from Notepad or Write. I
can read files, but not save them. If I try to save a new file to
C:\TEMP\doc.wri, I get this error:

> doc.wri
> This file is on a network drive with create but no
> modify privileges.
>
> As the administrator of this network to change
> this condition.


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