At 11:47 AM 4/15/2004 +0200, Florian Xaver wrote:

>Just tested the combination. Himem64.exe works perfect (seems so). But when i am 
>using emm386.exe, DUSE (USB driver for extern HDs, CDs etc.) only writes: "DOS is in 
>protected mode" and exits.
>
>In the User Guide of DUSE there isn't wrote any incompatiblity with emm386. So, is it 
>a problem with the freedos emm386??

EMM386 puts DOS in protected mode to do what it exists to do.  EMM386 goes to 
protected mode to provide UMB's and/or emulate EMS.  Any EMM386-style program would 
need to do this.  That's why adding VCPI support  to EMM386 was a big deal; it is the 
method by which programs which also run in protected mode can run with EMM386 loaded.

So, basically, a utility that give feedback indicating DOS is in protected mode with 
EMM386 would be similar to it indicating that the chip is a 386 or better -- both are 
true by definition.

The feedback message you are getting indicates either (a) that DUSE is simply 
incompatible with EMM386 or similar memory manager or (b) the error message is sloppy 
and there's more to the problem (e.g. it's failing under VCPI or it expects DPMI or it 
wants something it's not getting).




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