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[Glenn Gilbreath Jr. <wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Bastiaan,
No experience with FreeDOS, but your problem sounds more like the diskette 
itself has gone bad.  Try another diskette and see if error is reproducable.  
I've noticed several diskette failures with the low cost brands...won't mention 
names so I don't step on toes!
CU L8R!
Wiz  <{;-)

Wizard57M
Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Bastiaan Edelman" <bastiaan.pa3ffz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: arachne4dos@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 4/1/2007 2:07 PM
Subject: [arachne] FreeDos diskette

Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

Hello All,

A few years ago I made a diskette for FreeDos on a bootable diskette,
based on btfd100.zip. The floppy makes a virtual ram disk.

Such a bootable diskette should covert ANY computer into a DOS machine
simply by inserting the diskette into the A:\drive and than boot the 
machine.

Although the machines I often use are all fitted with DOS I tested this
on my desk computer (PENTIUM III) and it worked.
But... that machine died from various hardware deseases and I bought
another one and now the FreeDos diskette does not run as expected.

Invalid Opcode at: 9FC0 9FC0 0246 7E83 etc, etc.

Error reading from drive A: DOS area: general failure
Abort, Ignore, Retry, Fail

Curious I inserted the diskette in two other computers, laptops:
Compaq Pentium I and Toshiba T2000... same bad results.

Did anyone of you encounter this problem and is there a solution?
A solution with whatever FREE DOS running on any computer without
disturbing the original settings on that computer... so on a ram-disk
and bootable from a floppy or CD.

Regards, Bastiaan



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