[arachne] Re: DPMI version

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Hi Udo,

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:14:51 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

>>    Initially I got a totally black screen and complete loss of keyboard
>> or mouse control. Had to press the RESET button.
>>    On reboot, I loaded the packet driver, created the RAM disk on which
>> I placed the %temp% directory, then called Arachne. I got sent to the
>> "found your packet driver" screen first. Pressed "O" for the Options
>> setup and got a flashing screen with rapid sequences of black screen an
> d
>> white writing going past too fast to read, together with ferocious HD
>> churning. I hit the reset button pretty quickly at that point and
>> performed a NDD on reboot.  No damage seems to have been done to my HD,
>> but I deleted the whole directory immediately.

> Thank you.

> Hm, this does not sound like anything anybody else has reported so far.
> If I could only reproduce anything here.

   I should also have said that I run MS-DOS 6.20, with 64 MB RAM.

> -- The DR-DOS/OpenDOS Enhancement Project - http://www.drdosprojects.de

   Maybe you don't have the problem because you have compiled it while
in DR-DOS ?

   Differences between various DOS flavours have been a problem with not
only various Arachne distros, but also other stuff - including some of
mine.  Sometimes it is even due to the different way command.com and
4DOS behave.

Regards,
        Ron


Ron Clarke
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