[syslinux] FoxPro

[H. Peter Anvin]

Nazo wrote:
> 
> Sounds like this problem is a good old dos problem, not really
> sys(pxe)linux problem really.  You need more conventional memory freed
> up, but, require the usage of certain drivers.  Show us your
> config.sys and autoexec.bat files and perhaps we can at least try to
> come up with something that clears up a tad more conventional memory.
> I'd say start off by putting himem.sys on that disk if it's not
> already and loading it with a DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS statement in
> config.sys, then loading that network driver or whatever with LH (eg
> LH NETWORK.COM or whatever.)  If you don't already have one, place a
> DOS=HIGH,UMB in your config.sys as well.  Personally, I've worked with
> DOS for a while, and only network drivers and sound drivers were ever
> a problem, but, I still usually ended up with around 590K free memory,
> which fits some of the toughest requirements out there.  Beyond that,
> just show us what you need and maybe something can be worked out.  Oh,
> and if you can find a copy of mem.com from some DOS utilities
> somewhere, toss that onto the disk.  It makes it a lot easier to
> figure out what is causing the biggest problems.
> 

You may also consider running your application in an virtual machine 
under a proper host operating system, like Linux/DOSEMU.

	-hpa