Re: [Freedos-devel] XMS fragmentation follow-up

2006-07-27 Thread Japheth
> I can't duplicate the XMS memory block fragmentation with DOOM or anything > else handy, so whatever's happening depends upon the gameplay or memory > configuration or moon phase or any of the usual suspects. The errer has been described in Bugzilla more accurately. Especially it is mentioned

Re: [Freedos-devel] EMM386 new release 2.20, new HIMEM 3.20

2006-07-27 Thread Blair Campbell
> Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386/ are the files > emmx220.zip, EMM386 version 2.20 memory manager, mostly executable files; > and emms220.zip, source code files. Thanks :-). > This release of EMM386 and HIMEM has several changes and fixes, two of a > low-level nature, b

[Freedos-devel] EMM386 new release 2.20, new HIMEM 3.20

2006-07-27 Thread Michael Devore
Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386/ are the files emmx220.zip, EMM386 version 2.20 memory manager, mostly executable files; and emms220.zip, source code files. This release of EMM386 and HIMEM has several changes and fixes, two of a low-level nature, but at a guess, relati

Re: [Freedos-devel] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Lyrical Nanoha
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Michael Devore wrote: > Here's my initial problem with this idea: it works when you get step > outside of the Qemu DOS sandbox. Plus it works (or worked) in Bochs, since > I remember testing it under Linux a year or two ago when trying to figure > out what the heck was going

Re: [Freedos-devel] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Bernd Mueller
Japheth wrote: >> environment. Even better would be a good explanation for why the problem >> only manifests itself with that specific environment and application. > > I've looked into the Qemu BIOS code for int 15h, ah=C2. Usually the code > found > in "real" BIOSes is programmed very "defens

Re: [Freedos-devel] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Michael Devore
At 09:22 AM 7/26/2006 +0200, Japheth wrote: > > environment. Even better would be a good explanation for why the problem > > only manifests itself with that specific environment and application. > >I've looked into the Qemu BIOS code for int 15h, ah=C2. Usually the code >found >in "real" BIOSes i

Re: [Freedos-devel] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Andreas Bollhalder
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello >>> out what the heck was going on with CTMOUSE and Qemu. And it only seems to >>> fail with CTMOUSE and not other programs which use interrupts a lot more >>> creatively. (I should check VPC 2004 now and see which side of the fence >>> it fal

Re: [Freedos-devel] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Alain M.
I think that is what happend to me (twice) with freedos instalation very long ago. Ofcourse at the time no-one could help me and the problem is non-reproductible because it fixes itself! I vote against this and ih favor of some warning message so that the MBR only gets written in the end if som

[Freedos-devel] fdisk

2006-07-27 Thread Imre Leber
I was just installing freedos. Seems that fdisk doesn't allow you to change between FAT16 and FAT32. When you choose FAT32 support on an 800MB image, it will create a FAT32 partition automatically. Maybe there should be a message indicating this? Imre PS. it stops halfway the installation, b

Re: [Freedos-devel] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Eric Auer
> EA> You said that the "if no MBR 55aa found, replace ALL code and > EA> partition data in the MBR with an empty MBR" function in FDISK, > EA> which has caused a lot of data loss in the past, would be > EA> necessary to handle wiped / new / virtual harddisks properly. > EA> Who would like to help

Re: [Freedos-devel] freedos 1.0 preview 2 installer testing

2006-07-27 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Eric Auer schreef: > Hi all, > > for extra fun, I traced through the installer batch > files in the new fdbasecd (1.0 preview 2 cdrom iso) > tonight... The new ISOLINUX 3.11 still did not like > me (hangs on boot), but I could again use the special > boot diskette... The cdrom driver liked my dvd d

Re: [Freedos-devel] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread tom ehlert
Hello Michael, >>INT xx enters the interrupt handler with IF cleared, so this should be >>done also when being rerouted through the v86_monitor; looks like a >>plain bug to me >> > Changing a long-standing fundamental behavior to fix a single problem in a >> > virtual environment with one progra

Re: [Freedos-devel] XMS fragmentation follow-up

2006-07-27 Thread Michael Devore
At 02:22 PM 7/26/2006 -0500, I wrote: >I can't duplicate the XMS memory block fragmentation with DOOM or anything >else handy, so whatever's happening depends upon the gameplay or memory >configuration or moon phase or any of the usual suspects. Okay, I can get minor XMS free block fragmentation

Re: [Freedos-devel] [Freedos-user] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 27-Июл-2006 13:37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Japheth) wrote to [email protected]: >> This is bug. J> Don't choose so rude words! Be more polite! Instead say: "This could be J> improved possibly?" :) _Violating specifications_ is a bug, especially if it leads to hangs. Thi

Re: [Freedos-devel] [Freedos-user] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Japheth
> This is bug. Don't choose so rude words! Be more polite! Instead say: "This could be improved possibly?" - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the ch

Re: [Freedos-devel] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 26-Июл-2006 07:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Imre Leber) wrote to [email protected]: >>out what the heck was going on with CTMOUSE and Qemu. And it only seems to >>fail with CTMOUSE and not other programs which use interrupts a lot more >>creatively. (I should check VPC 2004 now a

Re: [Freedos-devel] [Freedos-user] 2nd FreeDOS 1.0 Testing release

2006-07-27 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 25-Июл-2006 21:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Japheth) wrote to [email protected]: >> QEMU has never liked CTMOUSE under FreeDOS, and possibly MS-DOS. I don't >> know why. J> when I modify emm386.asm, proc v86_monitor, so that the IF in real-mode is J> cleared for all interrupts rou