Re: [Freedos-user] crash with balder
Hi James, Grrr, balder crashes too. :-( Did you try -not- loading emm386? 0CD5 ECA0 0A07 1105 1B80 90A2 0001 4200 00FB 0080 0549 0002 90A2 0CD5 ECA0 0A07 1105 5010 9989 0001 4200 0280 5873B 0002 Same crash, which program were you running at that moment? I burned a couple of CD that both crashed so I decided not to waste anymore CDs. :-) When will people learn to use cd-rw or dvd-rw...? I use k3b and I didn't see any option to use a floppy boot image. You first start a data cd or dvd project and then select project - edit boot images. Is there a way to extend FAT? Extend in what way? I did 'cat balder10.img /dev/sdc' to make my USB key (/dev/sdc) boot but I am having a hard time making the new BIOS fit. That would be a strange way to deal with a diskette image. Try using usblinux / isolinux or try using www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/specials/sys-freedos-linux.zip Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] crash with balder
Eric Auer wrote: Hi James, Grrr, balder crashes too. :-( Did you try -not- loading emm386? I just ran the boot disk as-is. 0CD5 ECA0 0A07 1105 1B80 90A2 0001 4200 00FB 0080 0549 0002 90A2 0CD5 ECA0 0A07 1105 5010 9989 0001 4200 0280 5873B 0002 Same crash, which program were you running at that moment? I will play with the autoexec.bat and see if I can narrow it down. I burned a couple of CD that both crashed so I decided not to waste anymore CDs. :-) When will people learn to use cd-rw or dvd-rw...? Good idea. I'll get one of those. I use k3b and I didn't see any option to use a floppy boot image. You first start a data cd or dvd project and then select project - edit boot images. Cool, thanks. Is there a way to extend FAT? Extend in what way? Make the partition larger than 1.44KB so I can easily fit more stuff on it. I did 'cat balder10.img /dev/sdc' to make my USB key (/dev/sdc) boot but I am having a hard time making the new BIOS fit. That would be a strange way to deal with a diskette image. Try using usblinux / isolinux or try using www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/specials/sys-freedos-linux.zip Eric Ok, thanks. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] crash with balder
Eric Auer wrote: Hi James, I just ran the boot disk as-is. There should be some sort of boot menu which lets you select whether you want to load the EMS / UMB driver emm386. You can use F8 to single step over config / autoexec. You usually do want to load HIMEM, but not emm386. I didn't have a boot menu, it crashed too soon. I figured it ight have been the way I put it on my USB key but I put this on CD http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/fdbasecd.iso and it crashes after I press return on the menu. It is better but still no use. 0CD5 ECA0 0A07 1105 1B80 9D22 0001 4200 00FB 0080 0549 0002 You can also update it to jemm386 from Japheth.de but all emm386 can have the problem that they sometimes need manual configuration to run stable, so they are not one size fits all and should therefore be avoided in universal default configuration options imho. On the other hand, UMBs are a good way to have more DOS RAM free and automatic default configuration often works, so a good distro will have a non-default boot menu item with a safe emm386 config :-) I will play with the autoexec and see if I can narrow it down. Do not forget fdconfig sys or - if none exists - config sys... FreeDOS uses the former if present and the latter otherwise. Make the partition larger than 1.44KB so I can easily fit more stuff on it. Ah then you probably do not want a diskimage distro. You will instead want something like take a FAT partition, copy kernel sys and command com on it, and run SYS to make it bootable / add a bootsector. That should work with www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/specials/sys-freedos-linux.zip but if you formatted the partition with mkdosfs (dosfstools) then you may need some extra manual settings for this tool. If you want to make some USB stick bootable, the best choice is to leave it FAT-formatted as it is, not reformat it. You may also have to use fdisk to mark the partition as bootable and / or add bootable MBR code, but this will depend on your BIOS. It is quite normal that a modern BIOS can use the first partition on some USB device (USB stick, ZIP, etc) to simulate a large unpartitioned drive, making the active / bootable flag and MBR code less relevant for USB booting. Eric How do I run 'sys' under Linux? - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
