Re: [Freedos-user] weird problem with Freedos
Hi! When I use a Freedos based bootable app such as Spinrite or Seatools on my old Dell XPS-R computer I always have a lockup when I try to boot from the CD. The screen freezes and the floppy drive light sticks on with what looks like constant floppy access attempts. The computer can boot from regular bootable CD's such as Linux distributions and the Windows install disks. Dell XPS-R 450 upgraded to 1.4Ghz, 768MB PC-100 Intel SE440BX motherboard On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote: Possible reasons, based on gut feeling: ;-) - ISOLINUX and MEMDISK cannot handle some BIOS problem on that PC, while the other bootable CDs use no MEMDISK and/or use a newer version of ISOLINUX. Using grub4dos might be an option, too... - MEMDISK should be configured to use raw access because that PC does not have int 15.87 memory access. Test: Run FDAPM ACPIDUMP Does it work w/o drivers, with HIMEMX, with HIMEMX and JEMM386? - using boot diskette style CD boot might work better: Try making a data CD/DVD with K3B and select Project - Edit Boot Images - and e.g. the 2.88 or 1 of the 1.44 MB images of Rugxulo's distro on rugxulo.googlepages.com Thanks Eric, I managed to find boot floppy version of these applications and they worked fine. -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] weird problem with Freedos
Hi! When I use a Freedos based bootable app such as Spinrite or Seatools on my old Dell XPS-R computer I always have a lockup when I try to boot from the CD. The screen freezes and the floppy drive light sticks on with what looks like constant floppy access attempts. The computer can boot from regular bootable CD's such as Linux distributions and the Windows install disks. Dell XPS-R 450 upgraded to 1.4Ghz, 768MB PC-100 Intel SE440BX motherboard Possible reasons, based on gut feeling: ;-) - ISOLINUX and MEMDISK cannot handle some BIOS problem on that PC, while the other bootable CDs use no MEMDISK and/or use a newer version of ISOLINUX. Using grub4dos might be an option, too... - MEMDISK should be configured to use raw access because that PC does not have int 15.87 memory access. Test: Run FDAPM ACPIDUMP Does it work w/o drivers, with HIMEMX, with HIMEMX and JEMM386? - using boot diskette style CD boot might work better: Try making a data CD/DVD with K3B and select Project - Edit Boot Images - and e.g. the 2.88 or 1 of the 1.44 MB images of Rugxulo's distro on rugxulo.googlepages.com Eric -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] weird problem with Freedos
Hello, I haven't been able to solve this problem anywhere else so I thought I would post here. When I use a Freedos based bootable app such as Spinrite or Seatools on my old Dell XPS-R computer I always have a lockup when I try to boot from the CD. The screen freezes and the floppy drive light sticks on with what looks like constant floppy access attempts. The computer can boot from regular bootable CD's such as Linux distributions and the Windows install disks. Anyone know if I can get around this behavior and use my freedos based boot discs on this PC? Thanks in advance Dell XPS-R 450 upgraded to 1.4Ghz, 768MB PC-100 Intel SE440BX motherboard -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
