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<DIV>I just posted this on the FreeDOS list also.<BR><BR>I just
loaded OpenGEM 5 (full version) on a pure FreeDOS 0.9 SR2 machine (Pentium 100,
16MB, Mustang socket 7 motherboard). The only installation hitch I noticed
is that a message flashed by at the outset - something about TZ environment
variable not found, I believe. But the installation did not stop and
seemed to finish without error.<BR><BR>OpenGEM starts fine and displays the
desktop, but freezes whenever I try to run an application. One of the Help
files loaded fine however. If I F5 to bypass FreeDOS startup files and
then start OpenGEM, it loads but the mouse does not work. However the
pointer will move in response to the arrow navigation keys. (I believe it
will load CTMOUSE on its own.)<BR><BR>This FreeDOS installation is as loaded by
the SR2 CD, except that I updated the KERNEL to 1.1.35 Build 2035b-cvs,
2006-04-18 and COMMAND to 0.84-pre XMS_Swap, downloaded 2006-04-18 in
cmdxms.HEAD.zip.<BR><BR>My normal DOS configuration follows below.</DIV>
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<DIV>--John Hupp</DIV>
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<DIV>------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>CONFIG.SYS<BR>----------------</DIV>
<DIV>SWITCHES=/F<BR>COUNTRY=001,858,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS<BR>SET
LANG=EN<BR>LASTDRIVE=Z<BR>BUFFERS=30<BR>FILES=40<BR>DOS=HIGH,UMB<BR>DOSDATA=UMB<BR>SET
DIRCMD=/OGN /4<BR>DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEM.EXE<BR>DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\EMM386.EXE
X=TEST VDS<BR>DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\OAKCDROM.SYS
/D:FDCD0001<BR>SHELL=C:\command.com C:\ /E:512 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT<BR></DIV>
<DIV>AUTOEXEC.BAT</DIV>
<DIV>-------------------</DIV>
<DIV>SET PROMPT=$P$G<BR>SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS<BR>SET
PATH=C:\NET;C:\;C:\FDOS\bin;C:\DOSSHELL;C:\PKZIP<BR>SET
NLSPATH=C:\FDOS\NLS<BR>SET HELPPATH=C:\FDOS\HELP<BR>SET TEMP=C:\FDOS\TEMP<BR>SET
TMP=C:\FDOS\TEMP<BR>SET CODEPAGE=858<BR>SET WATTCP.CFG=C:\FDOS\BIN</DIV>
<DIV>SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T4</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>IF EXIST C:\FDOS\BIN\MOUSE.EXE CTMOUSE</DIV>
<DIV>LH LBACACHE.COM</DIV>
<DIV>LH C:\SHSUCD\SHSUCDHD.EXE /F:?C:\GAMES\SKY\CD.ISO<BR>SHSUCDX /Q+
/D:?FDCD0001 /D:SHSU-CDH</DIV>
<DIV>C:\ESSUTIL\ESSCFG.EXE /A:220 /I:5 /D:1 /E:5 /B:330 /J:E
!<BR>C:\ESSUTIL\ESSVOL.EXE /V:8 /L:8 /W:8 /M:0 /C:8 /S:8 /A:8</DIV>
<DIV>DOSSHELL /G:M2</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>