with the new release of devload http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/devload-3.21.zip
the problems appears solved.. Now more usb drivers can be loaded in UMB's. Roberto iw2evk Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi again, > > well if you can compile devload at all (you need tasm or > the free arrowasm "asm", www.dunfield.com/downloads.htm ) > then you can help yourself with a patch / workaround: > > mov bx,0fffh ; never desire > 64k of UMBs > > Change this line to use 3ffh instead of 0fffh, then your > devload will give drivers only 16k instead of 64k in /H > UMB mode. Might be too small for other drivers, though. > > Maybe a nicer workaround would be: > > mov bx,80h ; first fit, try UMB first, low > 2nd > ; (4xh is only UMB, 00h iss low > only) > > Change the 80h to 40h, then your devload will never fall > back from UMB to low RAM in /H UMB mode. It will just > fail to load a driver if not enough UMB is free instead. > > I think those workarounds should make devload do what you > want in YOUR computer, they are just not universal enough > to be put into an official version :-) > > Eric > > > > PS: SHELLHIGH would work, but FreeCOM command.com does > need more than 100 kB of RAM during startup and your UMB > is way too small for that. It only needs 3 kB later, so > it is no problem that those 3 kB will be in low RAM :-). > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/devload-and-UMB-problem-tp17936897p18148790.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
