Eric Auer wrote: > Hi James, > > >> I just ran the boot disk as-is. >> > > There should be some sort of boot menu which lets you > select whether you want to load the EMS / UMB driver emm386. > You can use F8 to single step over config / autoexec. > You usually do want to load HIMEM, but not emm386. > I didn't have a boot menu, it crashed too soon. I figured it ight have been the way I put it on my USB key but I put this on CD http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/fdbasecd.iso and it crashes after I press return on the menu. It is better but still no use.
0CD5 ECA0 0A07 1105 1B80 9D22 0001 4200 00FB 0080 0000 0549 0002 > You can also update it to jemm386 from Japheth.de but all > emm386 can have the problem that they sometimes need manual > configuration to run stable, so they are not one size fits > all and should therefore be avoided in "universal default" > configuration options imho. On the other hand, UMBs are a > good way to have more DOS RAM free and automatic default > configuration often works, so "a good distro" will have a > non-default boot menu item with a "safe" emm386 config :-) > > >> I will play with the autoexec and see if I can narrow it down. >> > > Do not forget fdconfig sys or - if none exists - config sys... > FreeDOS uses the former if present and the latter otherwise. > > >> Make the partition larger than 1.44KB so I can easily >> fit more stuff on it. >> > > Ah then you probably do not want a diskimage distro. You > will instead want something like "take a FAT partition, > copy kernel sys and command com on it, and run SYS to make > it bootable / add a bootsector". That should work with > > www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/specials/sys-freedos-linux.zip > > but if you formatted the partition with mkdosfs (dosfstools) > then you may need some extra manual settings for this tool. > > If you want to make some USB stick bootable, the best choice > is to leave it FAT-formatted as it is, not reformat it. You > may also have to use fdisk to mark the partition as bootable > and / or add bootable MBR code, but this will depend on your > BIOS. It is quite normal that a modern BIOS can use the first > partition on some USB device (USB stick, ZIP, etc) to simulate > a large unpartitioned drive, making the "active / bootable" > flag and MBR code less relevant for USB booting. > > Eric > How do I run 'sys' under Linux? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
