Re: [Freedos-user] Conventional Memory
Thanks for your help everyone. I installed the command.com from http://fdos.org/kernel/cmdxms.HEAD.zip , and it increased my conventional mem to 606k, thanks a lot! Also, mem /c returns: Invalid parameter - /C I'm running FreeDOS Beta 8 too, in case that matters. This is on my old thinkpad, which doesn't have a cd-rom drive, and I got several errors while trying to install from the beta 9 floppies, so I just reverted to beta 8. Anyway, redbaron works now, haha! Thanks! -Jesse On 10/14/05, Bernd Blaauw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blair Campbell schreef: Try using dosdata=umb.This will load the above values into UMBs, I think... or something like that.In any case, it does something to free up memory, and is different than dos=high/umbI don't know if that works without DOS=UMB (or in Jesse's case:DOS=HIGH,UMB). His current setting is DOS=HIGH,NOUMBEquivalent to MEM /C is MEM /C. Depends on how your FreeDOS is though.Strange that Jesse's FreeCOM uses 75KB of memory while XMS is available.Normal optimized FreeCOM uses 3KB of low (conventional) memory, and 150KB of extended memory,which should be available because HIMEM (and EMM386) was loaded.please get command.com from http://fdos.org/kernel/cmdxms.HEAD.zip Bernd---This SF.Net email is sponsored by:Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions,and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl___Freedos-user mailing listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] GUI
Me again, I also noted during the installation that there is a gui disk. How do I launch the GUI? Thanks! -Jesse
RE: [Freedos-user] Conventional Memory
Here's my autoexec.bat: ... LOADHIGH C:\FDOS\BIN\CTMOUSE.EXE You don't need to load high CTMOUSE it'll load high if possible. Here's my config.sys: dos=high,noumb device=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEM.EXE DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS I=B000-B7FF FILES =100 BUFFERS=20 FCBS=4,4 BREAK=ON lastdrive=z shellhigh=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:256 /P You must have DOS=UMB (you have DOS=NOUMB) to enable UMBs, also Do you really need FILES=100 and LASTDRIVE=Z ?? You can save some memory using FILES=50 and LASTDRIVE=G. If you use a cache program (recommended) you can have BUFFERS=10 (no less than 3). Hope this helps. __ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] re: Conventional Memory
Hi, we have various categories of software: Beta 9 is only base. Beta 8 is VERY outdated but is all categories. We have a new CD-ROM with all categories which I call the Blair FreeDOS distro (100 MB). You can install beta 9 and the Blair distro without CD-ROM, though: For that, you boot from the install-boot-disk (if your PC is old, select mono / failsafe / text install or similar: the default GUI install requires at least a 486dx and 8mb RAM). Then, you have several options: - install from 2 base binary disks (base source disks are not needed) and you have beta 9 - let the installer open a cd-rom image which you copied to the target disk before in any way you like (e.g. using windows or laplink or filemaven) - let the installer open a directory to which you copied the cd-rom images before... Eric PS: Please configure your mail to use plain text without html, thanks! --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Conventional Memory
Салям! 13-Окт-2005 23:49 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jesse Petre) wrote to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: JP LOADHIGH C:\FDOS\BIN\CTMOUSE.EXE Not need. JP dos=high,noumb -^ Why? JP FILES =100 JP BUFFERS=20 JP FCBS=4,4 files 40 fcbs 1 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Conventional Memory
Hello all, Bernd: I do not have a modem or network card, just a floppy drive in it. It's just an old thinkpad I play around with. Diego Arkady: I'm not even really sure what the settings in config.sys do, I was just searching on google for ways to gain more conventional memory, and copied some config.sys examples. i.e., I have no idea what umb or fcbs is. Eric Bernd: Thanks for the info, I think I'll stick with beta 8 until the new one comes out (1.0 correct?). Will the new version be available on floppies like the betas? -Jesse
Re: [Freedos-user] GUI
I used the floppie disks for Beta 8. I've noted a Seal2L directory under fdos, which has an install.exe in it. I had to find (on google) and run a cwsdpmi.exe in order to install seal, but I got it working. It's a lot cooler than I was expecting :) Thanks! On 10/14/05, Blair Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also noted during the installation that there is a gui disk.How do I launch the GUI? Which installation medium did you use?Which distro?If youinstalled the GEM GUI, you can usually just change to c:\ and type gemto start it.If you installed SEAL2, you would normally change toc:\seal2 and type seal or something like that. ---This SF.Net email is sponsored by:Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions,and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl___Freedos-user mailing listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] GUI
I used the floppie disks for Beta 8. I've noted a Seal2L directory under fdos, which has an install.exe in it. I had to find (on google) and run a cwsdpmi.exe in order to install seal, but I got it working. SEAL 2.0 Lambda is quite old now... SEAL 2.0.11 is the latest version (and is itself rather old, but SEAL is unfortunately not being maintained any more): download it from http://sealsystem.sf.net/, you should find it somewhat better than Lambda (2.0.10). -- Owen Rudge http://www.owenrudge.net/ --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] GUI
I did, and thank you!On 10/14/05, Owen Rudge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used the floppie disks for Beta 8.I've noted a Seal2L directory under fdos, which has an install.exe in it.I had to find (on google) and run a cwsdpmi.exe in order to install seal, but I got it working. SEAL 2.0 Lambda is quite old now... SEAL 2.0.11 is the latest version (andis itself rather old, but SEAL is unfortunately not being maintained anymore): download it from http://sealsystem.sf.net/, you should find itsomewhat better than Lambda (2.0.10).--Owen Rudgehttp://www.owenrudge.net/--- This SF.Net email is sponsored by:Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions,and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl ___Freedos-user mailing listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
