From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Cohen Subject: Re: EMM386 not installed - protected mode software already running. Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:28:21 -0500 Message-ID: <4CBDAB05.8040908@comcast.net> References: <4CBDA1E2.3010507@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4CBDA1E2.3010507@comcast.net> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org To put my question a little more succinctly: Is there a way to achieve the same results as the command DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE frame=none x=C000-C7FF x=E000-E7FF through dosemu.conf entries without loading the EMM386 driver? I don't know why these particular switches are necessary, but the previous system is my starting point here. If there is a better way to handle these issues, I'm willing to hear them. On 10/19/2010 08:49 AM, Steve Cohen wrote: > More on the "Hoo Boy this is going to be interesting" front: > > I've made a little progress with the previous problems, now realizing > that the system needs to be initialized. > > I have (I think) copied the files necessary for system initialization to > a directory under ~/.dosemu and switched my dosemu.conf to point to this > directory for boot. I know this configuration is correct because it > behaves differently than when it is not present - namely the system does > not successfully load. This directory, unlike the stock one, is set up > for MS-DOS, not for FreeDOS. > > The symptom manifests itself as an error message eventually leading to a > non-load of the system. Typing F8 during config.sys initialization shows > me the following as it steps through my config.sys > > BREAK=OFF[Y,N]?Y > FILES=30[Y,N]?Y > BUFFERS=30[Y,N]?Y > STACKS=9,256[Y,N]?Y > DOS=HIGH,UMB[Y,N]?Y > LASTDRIVE=V[Y,N]?Y > SHELL=c:\dos\command.com c:\dos\ /E:1024 /P[Y,N]?Y > DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS[Y,N]?Y > DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE frame=none x=C000-C7FF x=E000-E7FF [Y,N]?Y > EMM386 not installed - protected mode software already running. > > What does this mean? What protected mode software is already running? > > Please forgive my noob questions but it's almost 20 years since I worked > with DOS or had to think about HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE and the like. > > Steve Cohen > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >