Subject: Re: How is "dosboot" supposed to work?
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
From: Rick Byers <rickb@iaw.on.ca>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/17/1997 15:53:10
I'm not sure exactly, but I noticed that it works fine if I don't load
HIMEM.SYS. I assume it has to do with putting the system into protected
mode. Dosboot runs gateA20(), but himem.sys allready has done that.
Rick
On 17 May 1997, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> today I tried the "dosboot" program. I was able to build it with 970513
> sources but when I start it under MS-Duke 6.22 the system simply hangs
> and I have to reset it - CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> --
> Matthias Scheler http://home.pages.de/~tron/
>
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