Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

Hi, On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Tony Cappellini wrote: > >> This gives access to most of the 4GB of RAM > >>>Really, so much? How's that possible? > > Depending on which motherboard we use, we get between 2.x-3.x GB, but never > the full 4GB. I see the same, but how exactly do you "get" it?

Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

Hi, On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Tony Cappellini wrote: > > Another data point... > > Before trying FreeDOS, I currently boot MS-DOS from a USB stick, Which version of MS-DOS? > with the following config.sys. > > DOS=HIGH,UMB > device=himem.sys > device=umbpci.sys > > FILES=40 That's a fair

Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

Thanks for your tips. I'm sure we can make some improvements in my boot config, it's not going to be easy. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.lin

Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

Paolo, > This gives access to most of the 4GB of RAM >>Really, so much? How's that possible? Depending on which motherboard we use, we get between 2.x-3.x GB, but never the full 4GB. >>I personally never use extended memory, because there are very few programs able to exploit it. For me using a

Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

Another data point... Before trying FreeDOS, I currently boot MS-DOS from a USB stick, with the following config.sys. DOS=HIGH,UMB device=himem.sys device=umbpci.sys FILES=40 BUFFERS=20 STACKS=16,512 DEVICEHIGH=RAMDRIVE.SYS /E 2 512 256 SHELL=C:\4DOS.COM /F /P /E:2048 This gives access t

Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

Sorry for not being cmore clear with my original post. >>Hi. When do you see this message? When I step through the boot process, after selecting either JEMMEX or EMM386, that's when the crash happens. If I select N for both of those options, I can eventually get to a FreeDOS prompt. I still can't

Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Tony Cappellini wrote: >> > I've installed Freedos on a USB stick and rebooted. >> > When I select either of the first 2 boot options, Divide By Zero / Stack >> > Overflow >> > is displayed endlessly, and scrolls off of the screen. [..] > On 4 Aug 2017 23:01,

Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

Good evening Jim, I apologize for meddling, but I just received the thread being a subscriver and thought I could help that way. I think the user is not speaking of a Fdos installer, it seems he has rather installed the system itself upon a usb pen drive, as he stated above. What I understood is

Re: [Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Tony Cappellini wrote: > Hello, > > I've installed Freedos on a USB stick and rebooted. > When I select either of the first 2 boot options, Divide By Zero / Stack > Overflow > is displayed endlessly, and scrolls off of the screen. > > I could use some help trouble

[Freedos-user] First time Freedos 1.2 user - Stack Oveflow / Divide By Zero during boot

Hello, I've installed Freedos on a USB stick and rebooted. When I select either of the first 2 boot options, Divide By Zero / Stack Overflow is displayed endlessly, and scrolls off of the screen. I could use some help troubleshooting this, as I'd really like to get UMB & Expanded memory working.