Re: win3.1 attempts :)

Ryan Underwood
2003-09-23T04:48:04Z

On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 09:11:42PM +0400, Stas Sergeev wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Ryan Underwood wrote:
> >>No idea, but if not, then it starts dosx.exe directly, which is
> >>very likely.
> >No win.com, dosx.exe, or win386.exe exists after the first stage of
> > installation in dosemu. I just verified this.
> And I just verified that replacing dosx.ex_
> with os2k386.ex_ makes the install to go as
> far as a graphical screen, under dosemu, just
> as I expected. I have to interrupt it at that
> stage - no time for experiments now. Probably
> at a week-end.

Yes, I see that it does. However, using the os2k386 in place of dosx in
the install files seems to cause dosemu to have some filesystem-related
problems. The first error is that it is "unable to update registration
info", and then when going to file copy, there are lots of "Write error:
FOO.BAR The file is write protected. Error Code #210"

It is the same with all 3 MS-DOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS.
>
> >Look at the function at 014:11f7 in setup.exe. It pushes the
> >string "winexec" and "krnl386.exe" among other things
> What's the use? I just tried what I suggested,
> and it seems to work (at a first glance at
> least). Trying something before assuming that
> it doesn't work, can sometimes save some work:)

I do not see harm, nor stupidity, in at least attempting to understand
how something works before making shots in the dark.

> >Does dosx.exe starting WFW cause it to run in enhanced mode anyway?
> I don't think so, but might be trivial to figure.
> Just look into "Help->About" in a Program
> Manager to find out.

To do that, one would need a working installation, which you have and I
do not. :)