(Eric replied to me off-list about the "Installing FreeDOS 1.3 RC4" video, but this is probably interesting to other FreeDOS users, so I'm replying to the list)
On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 4:40 PM Jim Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Did you know FreeDOS has a YouTube channel? I post a variety of videos >> there, about using FreeDOS, programming on DOS, running DOS >> applications, and playing DOS games. >> (https://www.youtube.com/freedosproject) >> >> Folks have asked if I can share highlights from some of the YouTube >> videos, and I try to post something on the email list every 1 or 2 >> months: >>[...] On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 5:27 PM Eric Auer <[email protected]> wrote: > hi! > > your https://youtu.be/SCkr95Yrszw?t=58 > shows some odd kernel and memdisk errors. > > as you know, insisting on partitioning and > formatting everything is pretty evil, but > apparently we disagree on that point... > The error you're referring to at time index 0:58 in the video is because the disk image is entirely blank. The disk has not been partitioned yet, so there's no partition table. The error is: > - InitDiskillegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0 >illegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0 >illegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0 >illegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0 After I install, there's another kernel message about the disk, but you need to be REALLY FAST to see it. It's at 5:26 in the video, near the end, and says: > - InitDiskWARNING: using suspect partition Pri:1 FS 06: with calculated values >608-15-63 instead of... (but the message disappears too quickly for me to read it .. and I can't seem to pause at the right spot to see the whole message) Similarly, when using a 500MB virtual disk image, I get a similar message after installing: > - InitDiskWARNING: using suspect partition Pri:1 FS 06: with calculated values >1014-15-63 instead of 1015-15-63 ..but this doesn't impede running FreeDOS afterwards. Actually, I don't ever see the message anyway, because the FDCONFIG menu comes up immediately afterwards, effectively hiding the error. I only found that warning message now by deleting my FDCONFIG.SYS file, and looking for the warning. > there should be an easy upgrade from other > dos, without fdisk and format, which does > not destroy all your already present data. > Yes, I posted that video over the weekend, about using the Advanced Setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxo0wPJgIm8 > reboot should not use warmboot, but coldboot. > I think you're referring to time index 2:46 in the video, after partitioning, when the system reboots and you can briefly see the "warmboot" message. The difference is: (from "FDAPM /?") >COLDboot / WARMboot - do a reboot with / without BIOS tests (POST) I guess I'm unclear why BIOS tests matter at this reboot, after partitioning the system. Maybe I'm forgetting the POST details, but I didn't think the BIOS tests added much after you've already cold booted the system once (to do the partitioning). > the installer should probably tell you for > each reboot from which medium you should > boot next. > Like, a message printed after "Your computer should now reboot"? > hopefully the bugs in the default config > and autoexec will be fixed, too. > Can you be more specific? [and then I think you commented on some of the YouTube comments:] > > 1:17: Should be "Deutsch" instead of "Deutsche". > > the first means "German", the latter "Germans" > This is a comment from YouTube user lucius1976. I think Jerome will have this updated for the next release. > > how do i get the sound to work. > > the answer is that at least mpxplay works. > > :-) > This is a comment from YouTube user CyBeRTRoN FLuX. On YouTube, I answered with this: >DOS applications support sound, not DOS itself. And AC97 sound >hardware dates from 1997, when game companies weren't writing DOS >games anymore. AC97 is a different interface than SoundBlaster, >the most common sound card in the DOS era. > >I believe TEMU (Tandy Emulator) has a Virtual >SoundBlaster ("VSB") and you might try that. Link to GitHub is >https://github.com/volkertb/temu-vsb This question about sound comes up from time to time, and usually from people who haven't used DOS before and have installed FreeDOS on a bare metal machine manufactured after AC97. Folks will ask why DOOM or some other game doesn't recognize their (modern) sound, so they can't get sound to work in games. Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
