Zipslack problem

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  I don't think you should be running himem.sys and emm386.exe in DOs
for a Linux kernel to load.  Emm386.exe puts the processer into V86 mode
when it manages memory.  Have you tried just booting the system to the
DOS prompt without loading anythingin your config.sys?

Hope this helps.
          Kenny
	  
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 12:51:05AM -0400, Jes and guide dog Harley wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to test zipslack on a system I have running that is a pentium 3, 450 mhz, with a 20 gb hard drive and 128 mb of ram. I
> unzipped the zipslack directory in the root level directory of my windows drive, and edited linux.bat to point to my partition. I
> copied the appropriate speakup kernel bz image from the speakup.s file and renamed it to vmlinuz, however, when I type linux.bat
> at a dos prompt the computer locks up and I  get no speakup output. I did notice one of my start up messages saying the cpu was in
> v86 mode and I thought you had to disable this for zipslack to work. Also, himem.sys and emm386.exe seem to be okay, unless I
> missed something somewhere.
> I'd appreciate any help, I am using a double talk lt synthesizer. Thanks a lot.
> Jes
> 
> 
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