Re: [Freedos-user] invalid opcode when loading mode

[Eric A. <er...@Co...>]

Hi,

> The idea is that after you've load it all (DISPLAY, KEYB, NLSFUNC,
> ...), your only had to work it out with CHCP:

> CHCP 850

True. With a kernel that supports it. If not, you do this:

LH DISPLAY CON=(EGA,,1)
MODE CON CP PREP=((858) D:\FDOS\cpi\EGA.CPX)
MODE CON CP SEL=858

(in autoexec.bat)

That switches only the font. To select German date/time format:

COUNTRY=049,437

(in config.sys)

To select German keyboard layout:

LH KEYB GR,,keyboard.sys

or alternatively:

LH MKEYB GR

Needs more commands than CHCP but you only have to put
it into config / autoexec anyway ;-). And to use CHCP
you first have to load the rest in config / autoexec,
too... Does not make much difference. Difference for
you is:

- for chcp you need a kernel from the "unstable" kernel branch
- with chcp you can easily change settings at the prompt...

Chcp is most useful for people who use several codepages often.

Eric