[Freedos-user] New kernel

2011-06-29 Thread Santiago Almenara
Hi! I was setting up a fresh FreeDOS machine and when I was about to download the kernel 2039. I discovered there is a new 2040 version. I think I miss the mail announcing it, but should I use it? Is it a stable kernel? Santiago

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel

2011-06-29 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Santiago, I was setting up a fresh FreeDOS machine and when I was about to download the kernel 2039. I discovered there is a new 2040 version. I think I miss the mail announcing it, but should I use it? Is it a stable kernel? As far as I remember, kernel 2040 (4/2011) fixes some small

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel

2011-06-29 Thread Santiago Almenara
Thanks Eric! I'll try 2040 instead of 2030. Santiago On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote: Hi Santiago, I was setting up a fresh FreeDOS machine and when I was about to download the kernel 2039. I discovered there is a new 2040 version. I think I miss

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel

2011-06-29 Thread Jim Hall
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Santiago Almenara almen...@gmail.comwrote: Hi! I was setting up a fresh FreeDOS machine and when I was about to download the kernel 2039. I discovered there is a new 2040 version. I think I miss the mail announcing it, but should I use it? Is it a stable

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel install floppy won't boot

2009-06-14 Thread dos386
Incorrect DOS version Does FreeDOS have such a message at all ? BTW, defaulting to FREECOM.COM would prevent such (FREQUENT !!!) trouble :-) -- ~~~ wow ~~~ -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial

[Freedos-user] New kernel install floppy won't boot

2009-06-13 Thread Ray Davison
The boot process identifies all the HDD partitions then: Incorrect DOS version Bad or missing Command Interpreter: command.com /P /E:256 Enter . Suggestions? Ray -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel install floppy won't boot

2009-06-13 Thread Ray Davison
Ray Davison wrote: The boot process identifies all the HDD partitions then: Incorrect DOS version Bad or missing Command Interpreter: command.com /P /E:256 Enter . The floppy had a 2003 Command.com. The bat went looking for a copy of command.com on the HDD and that is what it found. It

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel install floppy won't boot

2009-06-13 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Ray Davison schreef: The boot process identifies all the HDD partitions then: Incorrect DOS version Bad or missing Command Interpreter: command.com /P /E:256 Enter . Suggestions? Ray How was the bootdisk created? Are you sure it contains both the kernel.sys and command.com from

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel install floppy won't boot

2009-06-13 Thread Ray Davison
Bernd Blaauw wrote: How was the bootdisk created? The included bat. See my previous post where I described the fix. Ray -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel install floppy won't boot

2009-06-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Ray, Bernd, How was the bootdisk created? The included bat. The kernel download only includes the KERNEL itself and the installer tool SYS. It does not include a SHELL, so if you run SYS (or run the bat which runs sys) then it will copy whatever version of command.com you already have and