I just boot the latest all_cd.iso and the fdnpkg version on it is 0.96
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Mateusz,
> I usually start my clean install from the all_cd.iso with FDNPKG install
> kernel, but since you announced the update to FDNPKG, I tried to install
> FDNPKG first. After loading the db to temp it begins the install but then
> produces several (-15) errors in the DOC, NLS and BIN directory ending with
> a zero byte .EXE for FDNPKG and FDNINST. When I install from the all_cd, I
> first have to modify the boot.img file to install ahci.sys for my SATA
> drive, so it is necessary for me (and others I would presume) for any
> update to the A: part of the all_cd.iso to have updated files. That is what
> was messing me up. The fdnpkg.cfg file was updated, but it appears (and I
> will have to double-check my assumption) that the FDNPKG.EXE file is not
> updated. This seems to create the crc errors. I have used this SATA driver
> on another computer (on older all_cd.iso downloads) and it always performed
> flawlessly.
>
> But one other thing I shoud report is that I tried an experimantal
> extraction with PKUNZIP version 2.50 and it reported CRC errors in the few
> random packages I tried to extract. I have not yet tried this after
> creating the on-disk repo.
>
> I am now iin the midst of Thanksgiving prep, so I will try another clean
> install over the weekend.
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the more detailed report. Can you confirm please that you get
>> all the "-15" errors using FNDPKG v0.99.3, and not any earlier version?
>> To know the exact version you are using, simply run FDNPKG without any
>> arguments. It will print its version somewhere at the top of the screen.
>>
>> -15 is a general failure of the deflate library, so if this does happen
>> on the latest version of FDNPKG, then it is quite alarming. I
>> triple-checked the installation of various BASE packages using v0.99.3,
>> but haven't got into any troubles. Can you provide the name of one
>> package you have problems with, so I can test this one specifically?
>>
>> Note, that the FDNPKG binary on the bootable image is quite old -
>> probably v0.98 or so.
>>
>> Mateusz
>>
>>
>>
>> On 25/11/2015 16:32, Don Flowers wrote:
>> > I am getting a (-15) error on almost every package in the NLS
>> > extraction and the actual binaries. I eventually extracted the
>> > "boot.img" and copied the new fdnpkg files to it and the extracted
>> > the "all_cd" files to a directory on my hard drive and adjusted the
>> > FDNPKG.CFG file. It works fine this way, but I never had a problem
>> > with the all_cd before.
>> >
>> > On 11/25/15, Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr> wrote:
>> >> On 25/11/2015 02:05, Don Flowers wrote:
>> >>> Been having trouble - did you update the boot.img my fdnpkg is all out
>> >>> of whack.
>> >>
>> >> That's unlikely. I included more than enough of whack inside FDNPKG so
>> >> it never runs out of it. Surely the problem must be different.
>> >>
>> >> Mateusz
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr
>> >>> <mailto:mate...@viste.fr>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On 24/11/2015 16:32, Dale E Sterner wrote:
>> >>> > Is there an Ibiblio link?
>> >>>
>> >>> As usual, yes :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/util/fdnpkg.zip
>> >>>
>> >>> Also updatable from itself, ie: FDNPKG UPDATE FDNPKG
>> >>>
>> >>> Mateusz
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:40:41 +0100 Mateusz Viste
>> >>> <mate...@viste.fr <mailto:mate...@viste.fr>>
>> >>> > writes:
>> >>> >> Hi all,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I released FDNPKG v0.99.3 today. This is a purely bugfix
>> release,
>> >>> >> I'd
>> >>> >> highly recommend upgrading any older version.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> FDNPKG v0.99.3 [23 Nov 2015]
>> >>> >> - [fix] files zipped uncompressed are extracted correctly
>> >>> (v0.99.2
>> >>> >> regress),
>> >>> >> - [fix] closing file descriptors on install failure (no risk
>> of
>> >>> fs
>> >>> >> trashing).
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> http://fdnpkg.sourceforge.net
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Mateusz Viste
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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