Hi,
Eric Auer escribió:
Hi Bernd,
Jeremy, can you reduce the number of files which are downloadable?
I guess the non-XMS build is most universal, despite the high memory
consumption then.
The non-XMS build is really only useful if you cannot provide XMS by
any means. In other words, the non-XMS build is useful for 8086 and
is useful to test if it helps to use a shell which does not use XMS,
not much more.
When one says "the 286+" versions it means that it has been optimized
for 286+ processors (i.e. compiled with 286+ opcodes), or that there's
some additional code? Perhaps in the later case it is possible to have
286+ specific stuff be placed in a memory region to be discarded on the
8088, so that one can reduce the number of versions.
Remember that you only get all FreeDOS features on 386+ with more
than 1 MB of RAM (the SVGA installer is even worse, it needs a FPU
and a system with more than 4 MB of RAM).
I don't know if there are SPECIFIC issues about the installer, but if it
has been compiled with FPC, there is no specific need for a coprocessor,
it is emulated if there isn't any. Same for the memory requirements, I
would test it on a 2MB machine before telling if there is such need. It
is quite usual that everything that applies to DJGPP applies to FPC too.
Aitor
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