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First post, by FatalError77

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Hello all you froopy shroods!

I've been trying to get a Freedos bootable usb to load on my Thinkcenter M900 SSF.
I've gotten everything thing to load from the USB drive per the screenshot but right
after "SB Pro(1:Intel HDA) emulation at address 200, IRQ 7, DMA 1: enabled" I get
flashing prompt but no actual C:\ prompt. I can do nothing but ctrl-alt-delete to reboot.

fdconfig file:

!COUNTRY=001,858:\FREEDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS
!LASTDRIVE=Z
!BUFFERS=20
!FILES=40

DOS=HIGH
DOS=UMB
DOSDATA=UMB

DEVICE=\JEMMEX.EXE

SHELLHIGH=\FREEDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM \FREEDOS\BIN /E:2048 /P=\FDAUTO.BAT

fdauto file:

@echo off
SET DOSDIR=\FREEDOS
SET LANG=
SET TZ=
SET PATH=%dosdir%\BIN

SET DIRCMD=/P /OGN /Y
rem SET COPYCMD=/-Y

rem SET TEMP=%dosdir%\TEMP
rem SET TMP=%TEMP%

if exist %dosdir%\NLS\NUL set NLSPATH=%dosdir%\NLS
if exist %dosdir%\HELP\NUL set HELPPATH=%dosdir%\HELP

if not exist %dosdir%\bin\uhdd.sys goto NoUHDD
DEVLOAD /H %dosdir%\bin\uhdd.sys /s5 /h
:NoUHDD

echo.
call CDROM.BAT

rem FDAPM APMDOS
rem DOSLFN

goto SkipLBACache
if not exist %dosdir%\bin\lbacache.com goto NoLBACache
vecho /g
verrlvl 1
LBACACHE.COM buf 20 flop
if errorlevel 1 goto NoLBACache
if not exist %dosdir%\bin\tickle.com goto NoLBACache
TICKLE.COM
:NoLBACache

:SkipLBACache

SET OS_NAME=FreeDOS
SET OS_VERSION=1.3
SET AUTOFILE=%0
SET CFGFILE=\FDCONFIG.SYS
alias reboot=fdapm warmboot
alias reset=fdisk /reboot
alias halt=fdapm poweroff
alias shutdown=fdapm poweroff

if exist %dosdir%\bin\fdnet.bat call %dosdir%\bin\fdnet.bat start
if exist %dosdir%\bin\fdassist.bat call %dosdir%\bin\fdassist.bat

if not exist SETUP.BAT goto Done
:RunSetup
vecho /k0 /p Done processing startup files /fCyan FDCONFIG.SYS /a7 and /fCyan FDAUTO.BAT /a7/p
vdelay 1500
CALL SETUP.BAT full

:Done
if exist %dosdir%\bin\cdrom.bat call %dosdir%\bin\cdrom.bat display
if exist %dosdir%\bin\welcome.bat call %dosdir%\bin\welcome.bat

jload qpiemu.dll
hdpmi32i -r -x
sbemu
JEMMEX NOVCPI

Now, if I don't include the "JEMMEX NOVCPI" in the fdauto file, it won't load Real mode support and will only load Protected Mode support but it still hangs at the prompt. Otherwise, I get the included screenshot, again with a flashing cursor but it seems to just hang there.

Help?

Reply 1 of 1, by ludicrous_peridot

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Any luck with fixing that so far?
I have a different machine, still Intel, and SBEMU sits in a different spot for me, but here's how I go about loading that (sharing the files, as I am loading in FDCONFIG some stuff you seem to be loading in FDAUTO, but I have no idea if that matters, really).
You could also for a change try a different version of SBEMU, e.g. the 1.1 alpha found in SBEMU thread in Sound subforum.

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