From: Bernd B. <bb...@ho...> - 2009-06-23 11:49:58
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Kenneth J. Davis schreef: > I may make some minor changes, but overall should now be available for > all. The build options were choosen based on assumption that pre 386 > computers do not generally need FAT32 and those who want maximum > compatibility will want a kernel without any FAT32 updates. Adding > additional build variations is easy enough, the hardest part will be > updating my index.html, so please send me a messsage off list if > others are desired. > I'd favor a universal kernel option as well (8086+, FAT32 support included). Not that people have access to 8086 machines regularly, but would be nice if there's an option to just copy the kernel from a 386+ machine to such an old machine without worrying about "hey, old machine's processor instructions not supported - it won't boot". > URLs: > http://fdos.org/kernel/ - the main page with builds > http://fdos.org/kernel/latest/ - local mirror of latest release, > currently 2038, same as SF build > http://fdos.org/kernel/ke386f32.zip - 386+, FAT32 enabled kernel > http://fdos.org/kernel/ke86f16.zip - 8086+, FAT16/12 only kernel > http://fdos.org/kernel/kernel_src.zip - snapshot of latest SVN source > that builds (source for these builds) > Great, a fixed name is awesome. I suppose you keep the builds inside a ZIP archive at all times? Or would there be direct downloads possible as well of command.com, kernel.sys, sys.com ? Wget would be a usefull tool then ( I lack understanding of how to tell it to "download whichever file has newest date or highest revision" ), without requiring an unzip utility. What was the deal about SYS? Think there was 3.2 or 3.3, and a 3.5 development/unstable branch, and you told us 3.6 had unified sourcecode for all of this, yet kernel 2038 seems to contain SYS 3.3 I'd like the additional bootsector operations to be available, but they can be dangerous. Furthermore, looks like FreeDOS kernel has a bug with file access. I installed ReactOS, which installs its bootloader FreeLDR, including a configuration text file named FREELDR.INI. Trying to "TYPE C:\FREELDR.INI" fails under FreeDOS kernel (2038 also) in combination with FreeCOM, yet copying FreeCOM to a Win98 bootdisk works fine for this same command, leading me to the conclusion that our kernel would be to blame, instead of FreeCOM or ReactOS. [ http://www.reactos.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4589 ] > Thanks, > Jeremy > Thanks for your efforts, Bernd |