[Freedos-kernel] builds for testing purpose

[Interim F. K. M. <je...@co...>]

In case you want to help test the FreeDOS kernel,
but either do not want to or can not [easily] do
cvs builds, there are now daily (not that the kernel
actually changes that often) builds available along
with source at http://www.fdos.org/kernel/

Please see http://www.fdos.org/kernel/.README
for a list/description of a files available.
I make no guarentee that filenames will not change,
but the .README will be updated to reflect any such
changes (should only occur if I add additional build
variants).

The simplist approach is just get KERNEL.SYS to help
test the stable branch or get KERNEL.dev.SYS (and
rename to KERNEL.SYS) to help test the development
branch.  [Similar there is SYS.COM and SYS.dev.COM]

Otherwise, download the zip file matching the kernel
and build options you wish to help test.  Currently
available are kernels built with Borland's Turbo C
and OpenWatcom 1.2, including with/without Fat32 and
86+ or 386+ only.  Presently all are UPX'd, though
if requested I may provide uncompressed builds.

These builds are provided ONLY for testing!  Please
do not expect any support for using them unless you
are willing to do some work yourself to help track down
and test the issue (but still no guarentees anyone
will help you or that they won't trash your system).

Thanks,
Jeremy