Been awhile and I don't have access to a computer but what is c:\windows /E:1024 Isn't that telling windows now to use that mem as extended mem ? Or what's the meaning of the e switch... again no computer fat fingers hard to type, no batt.
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 2:51 PM Michał Dec via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I wanted to boot Windows 98 from FreeDOS 1.3, because I would like to > keep all things together without worrying about partitioning. > > So I actually have a block device backup of when Windows 98 was working > on this computer. I've extracted the contents and focused on what does > Windows 98 have in its autoexec.bat and config.sys files. > > So let's see autoexec.bat from Windows 98: > > SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND > SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND > SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0 > SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 E620 T6 > mode con codepage prepare=((852) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi) > mode con codepage select=852 > keyb pl,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keybdr4.sys > > Now, the config.sys from Windows 98: > > DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe > device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1) > Country=048,852,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys > > Combining this knowledge, I conceived this, but I'm not sure if this is > correct. That's 7th entry from my FreeDOS fdconfig.sys: > > 7?DOS=HIGH > 7?DOSDATA=HIGH > 7?DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE > 7?DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DISPLAY.SYS con=(ega,,1) > 7?Country=048,852,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\COUNTRY.SYS > 7?SHELLHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT > /K=WIN.COM > > Apparently this doesn't work... kinda. It complains about UMBs, then I'm > dropped into an interactive terminal. > > If I try to now run "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024 > /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT /K=WIN.COM", I get a barebones Windows 98 terminal. > Still not there though. > > If instead I would have tried "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024 > /P C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT /K=WIN.COM", I get stuck at "mode con codepage > prepare=((852) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)". > > Any ideas how this can be done and how to progress further? > > Best regards, > > Michał Dec > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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