[Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Anton Vernigor
Dear all! I’m trying to install FreeDOS (fdbasecd.iso) on a real (not virtual) machine for the first time, and I’ve met some problems. At first I couldn’t install FreeDOS at all, despite it was installed on VirtualBox flawlessly. Installation went well, no errors or warnings, and after the

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, tocayo, ;-) On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Anton Vernigor smm...@gmail.com wrote: I’m trying to install FreeDOS (fdbasecd.iso) on a real (not virtual) machine for the first time, and I’ve met some problems. At first I couldn’t install FreeDOS at all, despite it was installed on

[Freedos-user] Pat Villani on Wikipedia (was: Re: Another IT person passed away...)

2011-10-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi again, On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:27 AM, jhall jh...@freedos.org wrote: Thanks for passing along the article, I hadn't heard about this. Sad news. We're losing some big names in technology. I appreciated that the article

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Anton Vernigor
Thanks! Looks like it helped! I didn’t upgrade to kernel 2040 yet, but I’m going to do it soon. Is it possible to download and install some beta version? I often see mentions of 1.1 on the internet, but there is no link to download it from freedos.org, and I’m not brave enough to download it

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Alain Mouette
= = W A R N I N G = = Em 18-10-2011 19:20, Rugxulo escreveu: If you're using FreeDOS 1.0 (2006), you may want to upgrade your EMM386 to JEMM. http://www.freedos.org/software/?prog=jemm386 http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/emm386/jemm386/JEMM575B.zip

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Alain Mouette ala...@pobox.com wrote: = = W A R N I N G = = = = ACHTUNG = = Em 18-10-2011 19:20, Rugxulo escreveu: If you're using FreeDOS 1.0 (2006), you may want to upgrade your EMM386 to JEMM. I suggest JEMM386 X=TEST I=TEST or similar (see its

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Anton Vernigor smm...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to download and install some beta version? I often see mentions of 1.1 on the internet, but there is no link to download it from freedos.org, and I’m not brave enough to download it from unknown

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 19-10-2011 0:33, Rugxulo schreef: BTW, call me naive, but does that above line even give you any UMB space?? If not (and NOEMS), why use EMM386 at all?? (Just use XMS.) :-/ On my real hardware, JEMM seems to have more succes initialising things while various XMS drivers and/or FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Alain Mouette
I had already told Eric that this was useless... Alain Em 18-10-2011 20:33, Rugxulo escreveu: Hi, On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Alain Mouetteala...@pobox.com wrote: = = W A R N I N G = = = = ACHTUNG = = Em 18-10-2011 19:20, Rugxulo escreveu: If you're using FreeDOS 1.0 (2006), you

[Freedos-user] EMM386 and other memory driver safety on mixed hardware - was: ... HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Eric Auer
Hi everybody, I agree that there is some controversy about EMM386 versus JEMM386 and JEMMEX... Basically the former had a focus on careful testing, while the latter has a focus on if it is cool for Japheth, it is also likely to be enjoyed by other users. So the J drivers indeed are more modern

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Alain Mouette
Usefull part bellow: Em 18-10-2011 20:33, Rugxulo escreveu: On 2 new machines (last+this month) I had problems with X=TEST, I made it work with EMM386 NOEMS X=C000-EFFF NODISABLEA20 NOVDS /VERBOSE this was apparently due to some periferal in UMB not detected Did you use X=TEST alone or

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with running FreeDOS on HP Compaq 6720s

2011-10-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Alain Mouette ala...@pobox.com wrote: Usefull part bellow: Cooll ... Em 18-10-2011 20:33, Rugxulo escreveu: BTW, call me naive, but does that above line even give you any UMB space?? If not (and NOEMS), why use EMM386 at all?? (Just use XMS.) :-/

[Freedos-user] Undeserved Comment Re: EMM/JEMM, A20, Etc.

2011-10-18 Thread Jack
I am DISMAYED by some of the recent comments on this board regarding old EMM386 v.s. JEMM386/JEMMEX, the A20 line etc.! First, I use and recommend JEMM386/JEMMEX with my UIDE and other drivers. I absolutely REFUSE using old EMM386 by Gates Co. because it has (A) Never-fixed BUGS in its VDS

Re: [Freedos-user] Pat Villani on Wikipedia (was: Re: Another IT person passed away...)

2011-10-18 Thread Michael B. Brutman
On 10/18/2011 4:50 PM, Rugxulo wrote: Well I finally did it. Took a few hours, and I really didn't know Pat well enough (online) to do him justice, but I sure tried very very hard. Well done. I've noticed that the FreeDOS page at Wikipedia has been updated quite a bit recently too - it was