Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-08-01 Thread e . auer
License evilness. Better to have the EDR DOS style hack for files above 4 GB file size than that. Than what that ??? Isn't it the same thing ??? I thought there was some discussion about exfat or whatever the MS thing for big files on embedded devices is, as that is not FAT in the DOS sense

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-30 Thread dos386
License evilness. Better to have the EDR DOS style hack for files above 4 GB file size than that. Than what that ??? Isn't it the same thing ??? How about 64 kB? Heh ??? DOS can read or write full 64 KiB (DX=0 ??? or is it only 64'000 Byte's ???). I think some hacks even support 128 kB I

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-20 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 20-7-2011 3:50, Bart Oldeman schreef: It's probably best to make things explicit (unless the goal is a true Win32-DOS cross-compile), using DOS16 utilities, by changing the last part of mkfiles\watcom.mak to: CFLAGS1 = -os-s-wx-bt=dos # *Implicit Rules* .obj.exe:

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-20 Thread Bart Oldeman
On 20 July 2011 13:36, Bernd Blaauw bbla...@home.nl wrote: And now the fun part: compiling on Windows x64. No support for running 16bit programs at all. Sure, for that you *need* a true cross-compilation. Just like on Linux. The FreeDOS-kernel build's utility programs (patchobj.exe) are also

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-20 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
On Jul 20, 2011 1:37 PM, Bernd Blaauw bbla...@home.nl wrote: Op 20-7-2011 3:50, Bart Oldeman schreef: It's probably best to make things explicit (unless the goal is a true Win32-DOS cross-compile), using DOS16 utilities, by changing the last part of mkfiles\watcom.mak to: CFLAGS1 =

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-20 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
And Bart is too quick, he already adjusted the watcom.mak so it just works. :-) Thank you, Jeremy -- 5 Ways to Improve Secure Unified Communications Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-19 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Bernd Blaauw bbla...@home.nl wrote: Op 25-6-2011 16:06, Kenneth J. Davis schreef: Hello all. ... Are there any verified/stable working compiled versions available of the following? * COMMAND (there's an openwatcom CVS/SVN version somewhere?) I finally managed

[Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-19 Thread Bart Oldeman
On 19 July 2011 13:27, Kenneth J. Davis jere...@fdos.org wrote: On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Bernd Blaauw bbla...@home.nl wrote: Op 25-6-2011 16:06, Kenneth J. Davis schreef: Hello all. ... Are there any verified/stable working compiled versions available of the following? * COMMAND

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-10 Thread Eric Auer
Hi dos386, PS: You could also compare EDRDOS+UIDE with FreeDOS+UIDE. IIRC I tested some caches in the past. Result: NO SPEEDUP at all for a single big file. Maybe only helps with the sparse hack ;-) unless dos386 describes what program(s) he used My silly FATPLUS.EXE maybe ??? Was

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-10 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 10-7-2011 13:11, Eric Auer schreef: Hi dos386, Ninja-ing thread here slightly: Can kernel 2040 please be mirrored to Ibilio? Can't be found yet at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-09 Thread dos386
PS: You could also compare EDRDOS+UIDE with FreeDOS+UIDE. IIRC I tested some caches in the past. Result: NO SPEEDUP at all for a single big file. the data are useless :( NOT that bad ... unless dos386 describes what program(s) he used My silly FATPLUS.EXE maybe ??? on what hardware to

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-09 Thread dos386
I am working on updating my site as I move files to my new host. www.fdos.org/kernel is updated. Anyone can please upload the __correct__ HISTORY.TXT file for the 2040 kernel release on some place where it is easily discoverable ? Both SF and fdos.org ?

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-09 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 10-7-2011 3:10, dos386 schreef: Anyone can please upload the __correct__ HISTORY.TXT file for the 2040 kernel release on some place where it is easily discoverable ? Both SF and fdos.org ? http://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos/files/Kernel/2040/ It's history.txt inside the doc

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-09 Thread dos386
It's history.txt inside the doc directory, inside the zip archive. No, it's outdated: 2011-04-09 ... http://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freedos/kernel/trunk/docs/history.txt?revision=1640view=markupsortby=datepathrev=1640 -- ~~~ wow ~~~

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-05 Thread Tom Ehlert
More tests: http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/perftest.txt unless dos386 describes what program(s) he used on what hardware to produce these results, the data are useless :( ...you can try first writing some dummy data at where the file will end, then close it and re-open (without truncate

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-04 Thread Tom Ehlert
More tests: http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/perftest.txt unless dos386 describes what program(s) he used on what hardware to produce these results, the data are useless :( ...you can try first writing some dummy data at where the file will end, then close it and re-open (without truncate of

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-04 Thread cm
- write 1 byte of data at this place Shouldn't it be sufficient to seek to the desired size (as offset), then do a write with length zero there? (Writing with length zero extends or truncates the file to the current seek offset.) - close the file - open file for writing (no truncate) I would

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-04 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Christian, - write 1 byte of data at this place Shouldn't it be sufficient to seek to the desired size (as offset), then do a write with length zero there? (Writing with length zero extends or truncates the file to the current seek offset.) Possibly, but I wanted to keep things simple

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-03 Thread dos386
More tests: http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/perftest.txt -- ~~~ wow ~~~ -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance,

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-03 Thread dos386
Also available for download at fdos.org http://www.fdos.org/ Content has not yet been moved to this host - please visit http://www.fdos.info (mirror) in the meantime http://www.fdos.info/ This page last updated - July 17, 2006 http://www.fdos.info/obten.html.en FreeDOS Beta8 (Nikita)

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-03 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
I am working on updating my site as I move files to my new host. www.fdos.org/kernel is updated. But I only have a little bit of time that I split among development website updates. -- All of the data generated in your

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-03 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! You tested copying a 2.2 GB file... More tests: http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/perftest.txt ...you can try first writing some dummy data at where the file will end, then close it and re-open (without truncate of course) and do the actual copy. That should bundle the FAT updates and

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-07-02 Thread dos386
Kernel 2040 has been tagged and should be made available on Sourceforge file releases within next few days It is now: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos/ + it does boot (no further tests yet) - history.txt is lowercase and not updated: 2011 Apr xx - Build 2040 Jeremy Davis,

[Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-06-25 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
Hello all. Kernel 2040 has been tagged and should be made available on Sourceforge file releases within next few days. Also available for download at fdos.org: installer compatible form - http://www.fdos.org/kernel/package/ same as sf releases - http://www.fdos.org/kernel/release/LATEST/ Note:

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-06-25 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 25-6-2011 16:06, Kenneth J. Davis schreef: Hello all. Kernel 2040 has been tagged and should be made available on Sourceforge file releases within next few days. Nice to have an official updated kernel. Also available for download at fdos.org: installer compatible form -