Hi, comments embedded. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew > Rothery > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Freedos-user] Problems installing Beta 9 > > > ver /r returns with > Freecom 0.82 p12 XMS_Swap [Apr 28 2003 17:47:52] > DOS Version 7.10 > FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.32 > > It's prerelease 3. I figured the closer it got to an official > release the more stable it would be.
Yes, this is generally true. But, not always :-) Currently FreeDOS is in a clean-up cycle. This means FreeDOS developers are trying to fix all known bugs, and this leads to some drawbacks: - Bug fixes can introduce new bugs (Murphy's law) - Things are changing quickly, so it is difficult to sum up all changes in a stable version There is a pre-pre-4 release available on the www.fdos.com site, which has some of the pre-3 bugs fixed. Many bugs have been fixed since then, though ;-) Going back to your original request: > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew > Rothery > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Freedos-user] Problems installing Beta 9 > [...] > I can run it from the CD-ROM with no problems, but I'd really > like to get it running from the hard drive. When I try to > install it however, the following happens: > Mouse driver installs no problem. CWSDPMI tries to install > twice. Then I get the error message: > > General Protection Fault at EIP=20; FLAGS=3217 > EAX=2AAAA9D3 EBX=800012E0 ECX=00000005 EDX=2AAACB78 ESI=000647F5 > EDI=000021A5 > EBP=2AAAA9D3 ESP=0000075C CS=A7 DS=AF FS=8F GS=0 SS=8F ERROR=0000 > > Is there a simple fix for this, or do I have to try downloading it again? Here I don't follow you. How you are trying to install? Have you used the graphic installer or have you "installed" by hands? Aitor suggests the problem with CWSDPMI is caused by a buggy EMM386. FreeDOS EMM386 has been improved recently, try to download a new version (I think you can find it at the FreeDOS site). Or, better, since CWSDPMI doesn't need EMM386, try to do without, so we can exclude a variable. Moreover, you can try also without HIMEM/FDXMS, just in case. Ciao ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
