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Trouble running RxDOS (Users)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 23.06.2008, 21:10

> No, LFN services are active. In VPC, if I run "mkdir" (without param), I
> get 2 FAT entries, first an LFN one, then a "short" one (both contain
> garbage, though). In Qemu, "dir" doesn't just display nothing, it
> "hangs".

I meant the error looked like one was trying to run RxDOSCMD on non-LFN systems. Because RxDOSCMD relies on the LFN services (by now) it won't work on these systems, resulting in i.e. DIR and all external programs not working.

> After the first rather bad impression it's beginning to make fun. I can
> load JemmEx from the commandline ("jemmex noinvlpg load"), hdpmi32 works
> and - after a small bugfix concerning int 21h, ah=0Ah - FD
> debug.com/debugx.com work as well.

I won't call it an usable MS-DOS alternative because of this, though.

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Complete thread:

• Trouble running RxDOS - Japheth, 23.06.2008, 11:12 (Users)
  • Trouble running RxDOS - flox, 23.06.2008, 12:35
  • Trouble running RxDOS - rr, 23.06.2008, 14:30
    • Trouble running RxDOS - Japheth, 23.06.2008, 15:28
      • Trouble running RxDOS - ecm, 23.06.2008, 16:57
        • Trouble running RxDOS - Japheth, 23.06.2008, 20:06
          • Trouble running RxDOS - ecm, 23.06.2008, 21:10
            • Trouble running RxDOS - Rugxulo, 24.06.2008, 02:10
              • Trouble running RxDOS - Japheth, 24.06.2008, 09:32
              • Trouble running RxDOS - ecm, 24.06.2008, 12:47
                • Trouble running RxDOS - Rugxulo, 25.06.2008, 20:23
          • Trouble running RxDOS - Steve, 26.06.2008, 20:53
            • Trouble running RxDOS - Japheth, 27.06.2008, 18:47
              • Trouble running RxDOS - Laaca, 28.06.2008, 11:18
                • Trouble running RxDOS - ecm, 28.06.2008, 19:36
                  • Trouble running RxDOS - rr, 28.06.2008, 22:31