Date:	Sat, 21 Dec 1996 23:45:11 -0800 (PST)
From:	Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
To:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: EMM386 (OpenDOS/Novell DOS 7 version) vs The World
In-Reply-To:	<32BB4DB4.AC9@cs.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.93.961221233659.2050A-100000@web.wa.net>
MIME-Version:	1.0

> 
> To me, this still indicates a problem, because DJGPP is supposed to be
> capable of running under any protected-mode host that fully supports the
> DPMI 0.9 spec.  Could you be more specific about your original problem;
> for example, what exactly is the error that EMM386 reports?  Can you try
> different EMM386 settings to see if they still trigger it?  What if you
> use the OpenDOS DPMI but not EMM386?  Can cwsdpmi.exe be loaded resident
> under OpenDOS?
> 

John, I've not had a chance to try cwsdpmi, but EMM386 *always* throws an
exception (with attendant register dump) no matter what options I try.
The only thing that cures it is DPMI=OFF in the parameter list, or DPMI
OFF on the command line.  I've not tried using DPMS without EMM386 as the
number of drivers and other things I need to load devour all my base
memory without it.

> 95/DOS 7, Novell NWDOS 7.x (but several people have found the DPMI
> services of NWDOS buggy, so they should probably be turned off and
> CWSDPMI used instead), and Linux DOSEmu environment. 
> 8<----
> 

I'm going to report this exerpt to the powers that be to see if this
problem can't be rectified.  (either that or you can wait until the
sources are released and folks can figure out the bug and nail it
themselves. *grin*)

> Note what it says about Novell NWDOS (which OpenDOS is apparently
> derived from).  I guess your problem is not unique, after all.  ;)
> 

Right now OpenDOS is just a straight build of Novell DOS 7 with the
appropriate text messages and copyrights changed. ;)


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Gene Buckle, Systems Administrator (BOFH!)
Washington Internet Services
206.926.2552
geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net

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