For option 2, all you would need to do is execute a FreeDOS version function call. I don’t have the spec in front of me, however in the case of MS-DOS, and INT 21H/3306H and INT 21/30 returns the DOS version number.
Int 21/30 can be altered by SETVER, but INT 21/3306 should return BL as the major, BH as the minor. AL should be FFh if FreeDOS considers itself to be < MS-DOS 5.0 You may want to (in the case of someone wishing to install FreeDOS over another DOS) use these functions I mentioned to determine the DOS that is running, i.e., DRDOS, OpenDOS, MSDOS 7.x. I’ll leave that up to your discretion. Hopefully that helps you out a bit. > On Sep 30, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > Did a little more restructuring. So now, the setup files make a little more > sense now for future updates to the installer. > > So far this is what happens: > > 1) boots from floppy or floppy image (like bottle CD) > > (Note: if user manually lauches installer, skip 2 and goto 3) > > 2) Detects if latest FreeDOS version is installed (actual test not > written) > If it is the latest version, returns to prompt with welcome > message. > If not installer continues. > > 3) Welcomes user to installer and asks if the want to continue. > If no, returns to prompt with install aborted message. > > 4) Checks for drive C’s existence. > If it exists, skip to 7. > > 5) Informs user they need to partition and offers to run partitioner. > if yes, runs fdisk. > If no, returns to prompt with abort message. > > 6) Partitioner runs, then asked user to reboot. > if yes, reboots > If no, returns to prompt with abort message. > > 7) Checks if C is formatted. > if yes, skip to 9. > > 8) offers to format or exit to prompt. > > ——— to do ——— > > 9) Offer backup. > > 10) install. > > If user manually launches with "SETUP.BAT adv”, the installer will run in > advanced mode. > > Also, at any choice box, if the User presses CTRL-C, they are provided with > choices to > either quit to DOS, go back to where they were or switch to and from Advanced > Mode. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
