Actually i am kind of convinced that in spite of everything going for reactos, the only thing truely missing from that project is Jim Hall.
That's probably the reason why it doesn't seem to be moving anywhere fast. Imre >-----Original Message----- >From: Blair Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2006 04:05 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS > >Well, in the case of Windows, all of the work is part of the system >dlls, so yes, in ReactOS, all a chkdsk needs to do is call those dlls, >which doesn't take much code. > >On 9/5/06, Aitor Santamaría <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Easy: just for going to the extreme, write a DOS API extension >> function that checks the drive passed as argument in BX. ;-) >> Anyway, I am of Eric's opinion: you cannot write a complete, good >> CHKDSK code in that few lines. >> >> Aitor >> >> >> 2006/9/5, Imre Leber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Well i am still kind of im(/de)pressed that FreeDOS chkdsk has some 300000 >> lines of code and that a chkdsk in reactos takes only about 100 lines. >> > >> > Imre >> > >> > >> > >> > >-----Original Message----- >> > >From: Eric Auer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 12:56 PM >> > >To: [email protected] >> > >Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS >> > > >> > > >> > >Hi Imre, >> > > >> > >nobody would complain if DEFRAG needed a 386 and XMS >> > >to do defragging on FAT32... Ever seen a FAT32 drive >> > >in a PC-XT...? And about Wine for DOS: Okay, with >> > >HXRT, you can even run some Windows programs in DOS, >> > >but if you have reasonably new hardware, you can >> > >equally well use ReactOS or Linux/Wine for that... >> > >DOS should rather be used for what DOS is good at :-). >> > > >> > >Eric >> > > >> > >> They are wrong about reactos though. >> > >> Building FreeDOS is WAY more difficult then building reactos. We had >> > >> to defragment 80Gb on 8086 with 256 kb RAM. >> > >> In reactos there is LOTS of memory and a very high code reuse. >> > > >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >> > >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >> easier >> > >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache >> Geronimo >> > >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> > >_______________________________________________ >> > >Freedos-devel mailing list >> > >[email protected] >> > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >> > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >> easier >> > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >> > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Freedos-devel mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >> easier >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> > > >-- >Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change >color and fall from the trees. > David Letterman (1947 - ) > >See ya > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >Freedos-devel mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
