Re: [Freedos-user] VIA C7-M processor
Yes... well thats a Grumpy Behaviour... Well, I realised that it is something with the addressing in 386 manager... Without, it runs fine, boot 1.3, startupscreen option 3. Anyway, if someone knows more about the addressing of the cm7 processor and wants to share it. Beside I have installed freedos for about 1 day Greet, Nik Op zo 27 nov. 2022 om 19:16 schreef tom ehlert : > > > Hello, I'm new to freedos, I have installed this on a nice small > > laptop, a HP 2133 with VIA C7-M processor. It works nice, but the 386 > memory manager crashes. > > I do not know how to solve this. > > "it works nice, but the 386 memory manager crashes." > > > doesn't make much sense. > > as a 20+ year DOS user you should know that > > a) CONFIG.SYS > b) AUTOEXEC.BAT > C) a more detailed error report of what you are doing and what the > error looks like are necessary to even start advising. > > > either a+b+c or simply go away. > > Tom > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] VIA C7-M processor
> Hello, I'm new to freedos, I have installed this on a nice small > laptop, a HP 2133 with VIA C7-M processor. It works nice, but the 386 memory > manager crashes. > I do not know how to solve this. "it works nice, but the 386 memory manager crashes." doesn't make much sense. as a 20+ year DOS user you should know that a) CONFIG.SYS b) AUTOEXEC.BAT C) a more detailed error report of what you are doing and what the error looks like are necessary to even start advising. either a+b+c or simply go away. Tom ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] VIA C7-M processor
Thanks Eric, I bought this machine on the internet for €10, hardly used. I will try the configuration options in the JE driver. Besides, I'm a dos user for 20-25 years, mostly DR-DOS. I have a compaq contura, 486 dx, 16mb, 100mhz, modified win311 for workgroups, pretty fast. Groet Nik Op zo 27 nov. 2022 om 15:31 schreef Eric Auer : > > Hoi Nik, > > > Hello, I'm new to freedos, I have installed this on a nice small laptop, > a > > HP 2133 with VIA C7-M processor. It works nice, but the 386 memory > manager > > crashes. I do not know how to solve this. Vriendelijke groet, Nik Kuster > > That depends on WHICH manager in which version you use ;-) > > Please be more specific about your installation. I think > it should be sufficient to load some type of HIMEM, such > as HIMEM or XMGR. There also are FDXXMS and exotic HIMEM > versions to support > 4 GB RAM with modified apps/drivers. > > If you are using JEMMEX or JEMM386, you could try to use > the other if one of them crashes for you. Also make sure > to read the documentation, the EMM drivers have lots of > command line options which can help you to work around > incompatibilities with specific systems. > > Actually the 386MAX driver source code (and DPMIONE DPMI > host, 386SWAT debugger and QLINK linker) has been made > open source by the author a while ago, but I do not know > whether binaries are available as well? Because you may > use 386MAX instead of JEMM386, if you like to try that: > > https://github.com/sudleyplace/ > > One problem can be that your BIOS reports the usable memory > areas in some inconsistent way or just fails to report some > un-usable area at all. In that case, you can use config > options of the JE... drivers to force them to rely on one > interface which works, ignoring others. > > Similarily, you can force them to exclude some areas, use > specific methods for A20 manipulation (that is a thing you > may also want to check if HIMEM style drivers crash). > > Likewise, you could tell the driver to treat your VIA C7 > as a 486DX instead of as Pentium class CPU, in case some > Pentium feature of the C7 needs to be used in a special > brand specific way which the driver does not know about? > > That 9 inch ultra portable HP laptop looks cool :-) > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_2133_Mini-Note_PC > > Groetjes, Eric > > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] VIA C7-M processor
Hoi Nik, Hello, I'm new to freedos, I have installed this on a nice small laptop, a HP 2133 with VIA C7-M processor. It works nice, but the 386 memory manager crashes. I do not know how to solve this. Vriendelijke groet, Nik Kuster That depends on WHICH manager in which version you use ;-) Please be more specific about your installation. I think it should be sufficient to load some type of HIMEM, such as HIMEM or XMGR. There also are FDXXMS and exotic HIMEM versions to support > 4 GB RAM with modified apps/drivers. If you are using JEMMEX or JEMM386, you could try to use the other if one of them crashes for you. Also make sure to read the documentation, the EMM drivers have lots of command line options which can help you to work around incompatibilities with specific systems. Actually the 386MAX driver source code (and DPMIONE DPMI host, 386SWAT debugger and QLINK linker) has been made open source by the author a while ago, but I do not know whether binaries are available as well? Because you may use 386MAX instead of JEMM386, if you like to try that: https://github.com/sudleyplace/ One problem can be that your BIOS reports the usable memory areas in some inconsistent way or just fails to report some un-usable area at all. In that case, you can use config options of the JE... drivers to force them to rely on one interface which works, ignoring others. Similarily, you can force them to exclude some areas, use specific methods for A20 manipulation (that is a thing you may also want to check if HIMEM style drivers crash). Likewise, you could tell the driver to treat your VIA C7 as a 486DX instead of as Pentium class CPU, in case some Pentium feature of the C7 needs to be used in a special brand specific way which the driver does not know about? That 9 inch ultra portable HP laptop looks cool :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_2133_Mini-Note_PC Groetjes, Eric ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
