Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 03:00:31 +0100 (CET) From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: "Eduardo Viruena Silva<eduardo.viruena@esfm.ipn.mx>" <mrspock@Michelle.esfm.ipn.mx>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bochs does not load HIMEM.SYS Message-ID: <200111080200.fA820Vx02797@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20011107075911.A893@blackhelicopters.org>
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Michael Lucas wrote: > On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 06:23:20AM -0600, Eduardo Viruena Silva<eduardo.viruena@esfm.ipn.mx> wrote: > > > > I have a computer running FreeBSD 4.4, with 256Mb RAM. > > I installed bochs-1.2,1.tgz package. > > > > I created a image disk and loaded MSDOS 6.22. No problem > > with the installation process. > > > > I get a MS-DOS window and everything start working > > but HIMEM.SYS. > > > > It reports: > > > > ================= > > ERROR: Unable to control A20 line. > > XMS Driver not installed. > > ================= [snip] > > Now, it also happends with Windows 95 and 98 booting discs. > > I tried in another computer, it didn't work either [the difference ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ same OS ? > > between them is the X11 version, one of them has the 4.0.2 > > version]. > > > > I also tried compiling the port. > > It did not work either, the problem is the same. > > > > Finally I tried in a linux system and it works fine. do you use the same .bochsrc ? try again w/ the following line in your .bochsrc : log: .bochs/bochs.log and eventually w/ this one : debug: action=report > > Another problem: there are problems if I install Turbo C++ 3.0, the > > computer --even thought it is not frozen-- does not respond to the > > keyboard. And I say it is a keyboard problem because when I make turbo C > > compile a program with the /m option [make] or /b option [build], it > > compiles and links. is this working under your linux box ? > > Could you please help me? did you read the FAQs ? http://www.google.com/search?q=bochs+%2BFAQ&hl=fr&lr= also, try this mailing-list : http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bochs-developers which is archived here : http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/SourceForge/11758/0/ GYI, I found it using : http://www.google.com/search?q=bochs+%2Bmailing-list&hl=fr&lr= PS : Eduardo, your signature is really too long. it should be only 4 lines long and it *must* be preceded by "-- \n" (dash dash space newline). > You'll get a better response asking the people who wrote > bochs... surely they have a user community? you are right ;^) Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:clefevre@citeweb.net 12, Rue de Bizerte 75017 Paris http://clefevre.citeweb.net tel/fax: +33 (0)1 45 22 83 85 gsm: +33 (0)6 80 94 76 63 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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