Op 13-1-2012 16:11, Ulrich Hansen schreef: > This seems to be a minor (but annoying) bug in FreeDOS 1.1: The german > keyboard does not work after the install. If I install the US keyboard, there > is no problem. > > Description: I have installed FreeDOS 1.1 with german language and keyboard. > If I boot (after a fresh install) with bootmenu option 1 (Load FreeDOS with > JemmEx) keyb will crash with the error message: > > Keyboard layout : C:\FDOS\bin\keyboard.sys:GR [858] (3) > Critical error: cannot allocate memory. DOS reported error: 8
could you try adding "/NOHI" at your KEYB line please? Without quotes ofcourse. If that works I'll add it as default. I wasn't aware KEYB was automatically added by FreeDOS installer, haven't touched that part of code in ages. > If I choose bootmenu 2 (Load FreeDOS with EMM386) instead of 1, everything > works fine and I have all my umlaute back ;-). Good to know. > > Solution: Today I have solved this problem by removing "X = TEST" from the > JemmEx line in FDCONFIG.SYS. So the line looks like this: > > 1?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG > > Bootmenu 1 boots OK now, with keyb not crashing. > > Now my question: What do I lose by removing "X=TEST"? Will the system become > more unstable? > > I experienced this with my VirtualBox installation of FreeDOS. Is it > possible, that this is only relevant in VirtualBox? Does anyone else know > this "bug"? X=TEST is just a test for checking which UMB areas are (un)safe to use. Could you perhaps try adding X=TEST to option 2 (EMM386) ? See if that works. I've not been able to reproduce your case in VMWARE Workstation 8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
