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List:       freedos-dev
Subject:    Re: kernel bug (?)
From:       James Hall <jhall1 () isd ! net>
Date:       2000-01-26 4:33:10
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Not sure if it's helpful to post this, but I found this on
alt.os.free-dos:

> Daniel Hug wrote:
> >
> > I am experiencing Problems with the Kernel.
> >
> > I am not 100 per cent sure, but I think what I have are kernel problems.
> > Trying to run Freedos on an XT, the system locks up before the prompt
> > appears.
> >
> > In detail:
> > -The XT is using Phoenix ROM BIOS 2.52 and a Hercules monocrome screen.
> > Boot Disk drive is a 720K, 3,5" Drive, secondary FDD is a 5,25" 360K
> > drive.
> > -When I use the beta3, rawrite is not able to make mini.img into a
> > bootdisk.
> > So I use beta4's rawrite. this works.
> > -When I have a beta3-Bootdisk, on the XT screen there appears:
> >
> > Freedos loading... (or similar)
> > ROOT FAT KERNEL    (verbatim!)
> >
> > After this, the system locks up and nothing happens any more. If I was
> > booting from a floppy disk, the fd-drive light stays on, if I was
> > booting
> > from hd, the hd-light blinks about once per second. I have waited very
> > long
> > to make sure nothing will happen from that point.
> >
> > -When I am using a beta4-Bootdisk (with full distributen, i.e.
> > full.bin),
> > the screen says:
> >
> > Freedos loading...         (or similar)
> > ROOT FAT KERNEL GO!        (verbatim!)
> >
> > Then the hd light (or fddrive light) goes out and nothing will happen
> > any more.
> >
> > The system was running under MSDOS 5.0 before and everything was ok, so
> > I guess
> > it is a Freedos problem.
> >
> > Peace, Daniel

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