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DOS Problems
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DOS Problems
Not all DOS versions run without problems. The most common reason is:
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The absence of a keyboard controller (8042 compatible) and acording to this the missing
I/O addresses 60h/64h can cause problems with keyboard drivers.
8.1
Keyboard Driver
Most DOS versions do not accept switching to different character sets - this means the US character set
(default) remains. A bootable MS-DOS 8.0 floppy disk can be created using Windows
®
XP.
Operating System
Version
Character Set Switching
MS-DOS
6.22
Not possible
MS-DOS
WIN 98 (7.10)
Not possible
MS-DOS
WIN ME (8.0)
Possible
DR-DOS
7.03
Not possible
8.2
DR-DOS 7.03
For the installing DR-DOS 7.03 the following default settings should be modified:
Memory Manager Options
i386/i486/586 Memory Manager
OFF
Load
DPMS
Software
OFF
Location of DOS Software
Conventional Memory
Subsequent HIMEM.SYS can be activated.
8.3
Gate A20 and LAN Boot
When the Gate A20 is set to enabled LAN boot via a network connection from a PXE server is not possible.
The PXE Option ROM aborts with an error message.