On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:13 AM, dos386 <dos...@gmail.com> wrote: ... > > 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 >
Thank you for the bug report, I will try to look into and provide an updated version later this week (see below). > 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" Convince whoever still has write access to the kernel to add version resource and I will update sys to support it. > > And one more suggestion: SPLIT SYS from KERNEL. Why? Sys development has been split for a while now, however a version has also been kept with the kernel to ensure the kernel downloads are usable as-is. I would periodically sync the sources with the kernel sources (and would merge any updates committed there into the primary source). Sys may be found at http://www.fdos.org/kernel/sys/ with current svn sources browsable at http://fdos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fdos/trunk/source/BASE/sys/ > > - 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 > Note: 2041 does not have the latest version of sys, but an older not really that different version (doesn't support as many other DOS kernels). However, as I no longer work on the FreeDOS kernel, it will be up to the current maintainers to determine if that version of sys continues to stay with the kernel or if it diverges (branches) or if it will be periodically sync'd with the current sys sources. There is one version of sys, but it actually produces several different executable versions - one for the FreeDOS/DOS-C kernels, one for EDR-DOS*, and optionally with generic DOS support for MS/PC DOS + other kernels. *EDR-DOS version is not actually released in binary form, but the FreeDOS release supports EDR-DOS as well even without the generic DOS support enabled as they both use the same boot sectors. Latest SYS version is 3.7b. Jeremy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
