From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: norseman Subject: Re: Now, getting a CPU exception (fwd) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:13:11 +0000 Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <400CFF37.BC4C2DB8@firstlight.net> References: <200401190704.i0J74gkP005300@bassett.home.org> <400BCA5C.814C25B8@firstlight.net> <400C3FE0.1030203@my.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jan Willem Stumpel , linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > > norseman wrote: > > > WINDOWS "DOS" is a kind of emulator that requires MS-Windows be > > running. The proof is by trying to run a regular MSDOS > > protected mode program. (It won't run under an emulator.) > > Rubbish. MS-DOS from Win95 and Win98 is perfectly OK with dosemu. > > If you have Windows 98 (or 95) you can make a bootable floppy, > under Windows in DOS mode, with the sys a: command, and copy the > three files from the floppy (ignore drvspace.bin which is also there). > Jan is right - this does work. (My WIN-98SE shows dos ver.4.10.2222) > The DOS utilities belonging to Windows 95/98 are in > c:\windows\command. Copy them to your DOS (=dosemu) path. > after you boot DOSEMU, do a mem/c/p and see if WIN appears in memory. does on my test. (It's the link to windows so's it can work.) > NOTE: To boot the DOS from Win98/95 neatly (without a Windows logo > flashing by, and arriving at the correct prompt) it is best to > edit msdos.sys. In 'Windows DOS' this is a text file, which > originally has just one line in it: > > ;SYS > assumes you are in Windows. If in WIN-dos boot then .sys is the regular binary application/system calls section. Windows swaps contents dependant on boot. > You should edit it (with an MS-DOS editor, or for instance with > joe -crlf) to read > > [Options] > Logo=0 > ;SYS > > Good luck, Jan > ================= I learned something. Thank you Jan. Steve Turner norseman@firstlight.net