Eric Auer schreef:
This sucks. Release an update. You have had the binary for months.
And I do not care whether the binary has a mismatch with the
sources / whether you only have PATCHES instead of updated SOURCES
or not. Just release that thing. Jeremy can help you to release
updated SOURCES after that.
I *will* be complying by GPL, by not releasing a binary of which I don't
know where to obtain the sources for it.
Jeremy posted a fixed binary once, and sources, but I can't find it on
the mailinglists, and also not on his server.
Point me to the binaries and I can put them in a more suitable place to
download.
Also posted a modification guide once by Robert Kircher, iirc.
By the way, more troubles:
- somebody installed FreeDOS on his Libretto subnotebook (800x480
screen, 64 MB...?), and yes, the "use alternative installation
source" menu item (to install from ISO-as-file, as the system
has no CD-ROM) worked, thanks. the menu item should be less hidden.
It'a a cdrom distribution, and will look for c:\fdbootcd.iso also.
If that fails, other options will appear, like installing from diskette,
a directory or an ISO file.
- on this notebook, the kernel failed to open config sys, but only
if the kernel was loaded through a boot menu. A kernel update fixed
the problem.
which bootmenu/bootloader?
- SBM crashes on some 386s, maybe it actually needs a 486dx? Or more RAM?
what does it fail on? People could try the official Smart Boot Manager.
You may also look at the (abandoned?) sourcecode of SBM at:
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/download.html
Jeremy ported SBM to a COM32 module for Syslinux, I doubt this went wrong.
It would be REALLY useful if you could release a file "UNZIP this in
your FREEDOS directory to update ALL binaries, then copy the updated
kernel from this ZIP to whereever you want to enjoy even more updates".
And no smart batch scripts please, just the files, but soon ;-).
What stops you from collecting those files yourself? I'm looking into a
more automatic way to generate ODIN from a FreeDOS cdrom or installed
FreeDOS to a diskette.
Talking about too smart batch scripts: Geraldo has started to create
an updated version of ODIN 7.1, and I hope he removes that "fdconfig
blocks config" mess. People can use F5, right?
Good, then I won't have to update ODIN. Basically, I dislike updating
packages and postpone that as much as often. Only after completing a
ODIN build script I will update packages and try it.
Good luck, Geraldo :)
PS: News from the "UMBs too small with EMM386" odyssey (thanks to
WordNet and dict(d) for the right spelling...) - this computer really
has a 64k VGA BIOS and some stuff at e000:..., probably not optimized
for use with DOS X-).
I know things have taken long, but constant changes and awaiting
components to be released doesn't motivate me to release a distribution.
Building a daily ODIN release automatically is something Jeremy might be
interested in, not me.
Something small like NTFS4DOS issues however does keep me interested in
experimenting :)
Bernd
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