From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <199807231745.TAA18416@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: info core dumps
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 19:45:31 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP-WORKERS)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980723200956.16976F-100000@is> from Eli Zaretskii at "Jul 23, 98 08:16:48 pm"
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According to Eli Zaretskii:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> > Minimal CONFIG.SYS:
> > -----
> > DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
> > DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
> 
> Is it correct that without EMM386 (HIMEM alone) it doesn't crash?  I'm 
> sorry, I don't recall if you already told that.

Bingo! No I didn't try that. Removing EMM386 makes it work.

> > DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
> > DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)
> 
> Do these two change anything if not loaded?  I think at least DISPLAY.SYS 
> remaps/changes the font table, so it might be a part of the equation.

Right! Removing the line with DISPLAY.SYS also makes it work.

> 
> > MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((850) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI)
> > MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=850
> 
> Likewise with these, I suggest trying without them.

I didn't try those.

To summarise: if I remove either EMM386.EXE or DISPLAY.SYS, it works.
ANSI.SYS has no effect. I didn't try changing the lines using MODE.

So how do we correct this?


Arvo Pärt, Kanon Pokajanen,

							MartinS