Hi Michael, et al: OK, I am back with the Haunted HP Pavilion (TM).
Downloaded development kernel, command.com, and sys.com from fdos.org/kernel. Downloaded emm204x and extracted himem.exe and emm386.exe. Did a SYS: on a USB floppy from WindowsXP. Copied a random version of edit.com on the floppy. Baseline test: config.sys device=a:\himem.exe device=a:\emm386.exe x=test vds memcheck Booted. Edited config.sys. Entered "vol c:". Machine hung. Three finger reboot worked. config.sys device=a:\himem.exe rem .... Edited config.sys. Entered "vol c:". Worked fine, reporting Volume in drive C has no label Volume serial number is 2640-14E4 (correct serial number verified from WindowsXP). config.sys device=a:\himem.exe device=a:\emm386.exe x=a000-efff noems emm386 reports no suitable UMB memory block found. Edited config.sys. Entered "vol c:". Worked fine. config.sys device=a:\himem.exe device=a:\emm386.exe x=a000-efff noems memcheck Same advisory from emm386. Edited config.sys. Entered "vol c:". Worked fine. config.sys device=a:\himem.exe device=a:\emm386.exe x=a000-efff noems memcheck vds Entered "vol c:". Hung. Three finger reboot worked. Okay, now what? Do I need VDS? :-) Eliminating that will be my next experiment with NTFS4DOS! Mark > At 12:22 AM 7/28/2005 +0000, Mark Bailey wrote: > > >Help! How do I start to debug this?!?! This is the same machine > >which has FDISK overwriting the partition table whenever it is run > >with EMM386. > > Exclude all high memory via X=A000-EFFF and add NOEMS option. Those two > options only, unless your USB driver needs MEMCHECK (some do). Tells you > whether you have an upper memory block conflict. So, try: > > EMM386 X=A000-EFFF NOEMS > > EMM386 X=A000-EFFF NOEMS MEMCHECK > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September > 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
