[syslinux] Last call before syslinux 2.08

Blaauw,Bernd B. B.Blaauw at student.fontys.nl
Tue Dec 9 18:33:06 PST 2003


>Does it ever happen with the traditional HIMEM.SYS?

yes (himem.exe version 2.07 of Feb 13 2003). But the problem is that the freedos project has been using 2 drivers
(fdxms.sys versions, and himem.exe versions).

I'll have to do some extensive testing. So many variables..

*fdos-kernel
*isolinux/memdisk version.
*himem

that's at least 2^3 testing paths.
my guess is I need to find the oldest working combination and then update components. Not any combination is guaranteed to work, unfortunately.
a "hey, it WAS good and now it's broken" message is even more useful.

One thing I can really eliminate is not using Memdisk. It seems to be a key factor in exposing the behaviour I've been experiencing, although it probably isn't the source of it. oh well.

Shall we abandon this issue? I've gone back to using the FDXMS driver.
any suggestions still welcome though. 

goodnight (3:37 here),

Bernd Blaauw




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