DOS ain't dead - This May NOT Be A Problem With XMGR!!

This May NOT Be A Problem With XMGR!! (Users)

posted by Jack , Fresno, California USA, 16.04.2010, 04:25

Paul,

As a "follow-up" to the Unetbootin problem, note the following post by
Geza Kovacs on SYSLinux --

> Geza Kovacs geza0kovacs at gmail.com
> Fri Apr 9 22:41:28 PDT 2010
>
> For the boot floppy at http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsfiles/FUZOMA14.IMG
> using memdisk from syslinux version 3.72 boots correctly, but for
> memdisk versions newer than 3.72 (I tested 3.73, 3.75, 3.85, and 3.86)
> all hang at boot with the following message:
>
>> Loading boot sector... booting
>> FreeDOS kernel - SVN (build 2039 OEM:0xfd [compiled Oct 2 2009])
>> Kernel compatibility 6.22 - BORLANDC
>> ...
>> XMGR, 11-22-2009 48 XMS handles
>> Kernel: allocated 48 diskbuffers = 25536 Bytes in HMA

The message about kernel diskbuffers is displayed by the FreeDOS kernel,
NOT by XMGR! Obviously the system was "still alive" when XMGR was done
loading, and it in fact died sometime AFTER the kernel-buffers message.

With your PC-DOS system, try loading one more driver, in fact ANY driver
whether or not it gets used, after XMGR. If that "extra" driver loads,
and THEN your PC-DOS system appears to "hang", I am LOATHE to expect any
problem exists in XMGR! My guess would be that the error in the latest
Unetbootin software happens when the DOS system switches from CONFIG.SYS
to AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or user-program handling, i.e. the error occurs when
DOS "goes active" after all CONFIG.SYS driver-loading and other tasks.

Jack R. Ellis

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Complete thread:

XMGR not working with Unetbootin - Paul, 06.04.2010, 17:25 (Users)
- XMGR not working with Unetbootin - Rugxulo, 06.04.2010, 18:45
- XMGR not working with Unetbootin - Jack, 15.04.2010, 17:42
  - This May NOT Be A Problem With XMGR!! - Jack, 16.04.2010, 04:25
    - This May NOT Be A Problem With XMGR!! - Paul, 03.05.2010, 20:57