From: dos386 <do...@gm...> - 2012-03-05 07:14:06
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Kernel 2041 shot: http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/fdke2041.png (no breaking news) previous 2040: http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/fdkernsh.png SYS updated together with kernel, 2041: http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/fdsy2041.png previous 2011-Aug: http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/fdsys3x7.png What's new in SYS: * reduced bloat by 2+1/2 KiB * changed the "Usage: SYS CONFIG /HELP" text * ??? Minor SYS BUG (see shot): it fails to find KERNEL.SYS despite it's in there (it has "R" attribute). Suggestion for improvement: - read and report KERNEL.SYS attribs and size - if "R" then write "can't modify because read-only" - IF ((not "R") AND (modification requested)) THEN - - open with write access - ELSE - open with read access only - ENDIF Other thing somewhat "missing" is reading out the version info (now 2041, date, 8086-vs80386, FAT16-vs-FAT28) ... IIRC we had already discussed that some time ago: http://www.mail-archive.com/freedos-kernel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg02521.html 2011-Jul-30 "[Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS kernel UPX'ing and versionning chaos" And one more suggestion: SPLIT SYS from KERNEL. Why? - FreeDOS SYS is de facto shared with EDR-DOS, unlike KERNEL - SYS getting updated independently (like the 2011-Aug-10 release) - The 2041 release has 4 packages all having the same SYS.COM file - SYS.COM history is not documented |