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r pelles wrote:
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> i can't boot bl3 on my laptop unless i use the floppies vers...

Same kernel in floppy version and DOS version.  So kernel 
is not the issue.  

The floppy uses lilo to boot, the DOS version uses loadlin.exe 
so that could be the issue.  loadlin.exe doesn't like some of 
the himem.sys and emm386.exe parameters.  Try booting DOS 
without them (eg without config.sys).

> booting with a clean dos doesn't work.

If by "clean dos" you mean no config.sys and no autoexec.bat
then loadlin.exe is probably not the problem.  That leaves
the filesystem.  The DOS version has a loop filesystem (fs.img).
It must be located on the C: drive and it must be located in 
a directory called BASLIN.  The BASLIN directory must not be
a subdirectory of another.  These are not suggestions.  The
loopfile will not boot unless it is sitting in C:\BASLIN

> i'd prefer to use the hard drive vers. 

You can install to hard drive from the floppy version.
For this you need unallocated space for a Linux partition.

> is my computer too fast? 

No.  It works with the floppy version.

> vers. of dos too new? 

No.  A DOS problem will probably show up as a loadlin error.
Are you getting a loadlin error message on the screen?

> the only time it has worked for me was when i used it with 
> bochs emulator, using either freedos or dos 6.

Are you able to create a DOS6 boot disk?  If so, try booting
the system from that, go to C:\BASLIN and execute boot.

Cheers,
Steven

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