386 needs some versioning set, and 3.0 is convinced that the memory is too fragmented or that C: is really A. I should add that Windows/386 and Windows 3.0 don’t work. ISA Cirrus card for sure!īeing able to run Windows 3.1 in 386 Enhanced mode has been one of those holy grails of compatibility. I had much better luck with my mutated Qemu 0.90 fork thing. I should add that VMWare player didn’t work, nor did later versions of Qemu either.
Turning off virtual memory let’s FreeDos run in a Window!Įven more amazing to me BattleTech 3025 can run CGA mode in a Window too! I haven’t looked at patching/building yet. Section handling and hopefully remove the need for the InDOSPollingĪnd sure enough I was able to reproduce Windows 3.1 from the binary. I will be working on improving the code, specifically the critical Implementation of the necessary patches a decade ago
Rest of sources (kernel, FreeCOM, format, fdisk, sys, share, edit) -īart, Tom, and others who have improved the FreeDOS kernel to where it is todayĪll the other FreeDOS developers, especially for FreeCOM, FDISK,Īnd Eric who's original research helped with the initial
Start Windows, will be in Enhanced mode if supported Source: (if you do not do this step, you must remember to do so beforeĮdit C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI (adjust based on actual installation andįind section, at bottom add line: Optional: edit AUTOEXEC.BAT to load SHARE.COM Put in first Windows floppy and run SETUPįollow prompts until complete, allow it to modify CONFIG.SYS and Optional: create a CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT so not prompted with Optional: take out (disconnect virtual) floppy from drive and reboot, Install system boot record and files to C: partition Install master boot record so hard drive is bootable Have available Windows 3.1 install media (*** not provided ***)Ĭreate a virtual machine (or have a compatible real computer)Įxample has a 200MB hard drive with 32MB of memory and otherwiseĬreate a primary partition, don't use FAT32, use all availableįormat the C: drive and set label as desired Kernel *** requires patches, see below for source
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