OK,
here are some things that I noticed:
fdauto.bat:
in about line 44, I already found it in FDT2408 (maybe earlier too):
":NoCodePagerem keyboard settings" (followed by)
MKEYB GR
I found NO such goto label. Only "NoCodePage". Assume it is a typo (rem keyboard settings)
MKEYB GR:
On my old laptop there is no support for different characters, e.g. backslash, pipe etc. Reason: version 0.52 of mkeyb requires the option /e for keyboards with
more keys.
country.sys:
Hope FDT2412 and "upcoming version" will work now with german settings.
fdnpkg with virtualbox:
Works fine on an old real machine after I added the network driver.
On virtual box it actually has two different problems:
a)The first was that fdnpkg can be used, you can run checkupdates and install etc., it starts with downloading the zip files till 100 percent - and then it hangs.
It looks as if the unpacker or the installation routine has a problem.
b) NOW there are other messages:
Loading http://www.ibiblio.org...blabla.../latest/sound...
Error. Invalid index file! Repository skipped.
An error occured while trying to load repository from tmp file...
Error code: 0 (eehmmm?)
and so on with next repository.
fdnpkg with qemu (with Windows Qemu manager 7.0)
I ran a FULL installation in QEMU and got the message: NO PACKET DRIVER FOUND.
The installation with Qemu manager offers several network drivers:
Realtek 8139, NE2000PCI, Intel 82551, Intel 82557b, Intel 82559e, Intel E1000, PCNetLanCard, Virtio.
Anyhow I was unable to activate the network automatically. Which card do I have to choose for automatic installation?
Qemu manager and keyboard:
There are some strange behaviours in Qemu, especially with "edit".
I had problems with "ALT-F" and then "X" for exit, arrow up and down (they sometimes caused repeating a character) etc.
Two proposal for upcoming 1.4 FD installation CD:
On modern systems it is unusual that the BootCD boots twice (because fdisk requires a reboot). A short message in the installation routine that it has to boot
twice would be very helpful for newbies, otherwise they may think that something goes wrong.
The installation CD offers some keyboard layouts without codepage settings etc. The result is not the optimum. Would it be possible to add the settings for those
countries, e.g.:
Israel:
fdconfig.sys:
COUNTRY=972,862,C:\FREEDOS\BIN\country.sys
COUNTRY=972,862,C:\FREEDOS\BIN\country.sys
fdauto.bat:
set LANG=IL
LH DISPLAY CON=(EGA,,1)
MODE CON CP PREP=((862) %DOSDIR:\CPI\EGA17.CPX)
MODE CON CP SEL=862
MODE CON CP REFRESH
keyb il,862,C:\freedos\bin\keybrd3.sys
(mkeyb HE works with right CTRL button, this causes problems in virtualbox)
set LANG=IL
LH DISPLAY CON=(EGA,,1)
MODE CON CP PREP=((862) %DOSDIR:\CPI\EGA17.CPX)
MODE CON CP SEL=862
MODE CON CP REFRESH
keyb il,862,C:\freedos\bin\keybrd3.sys
(mkeyb HE works with right CTRL button, this causes problems in virtualbox)
Comment: ALT+right SHIFT=HE chars, ALT+left SHIFT=latin chars
In "edit" ALT+right /left SHIFT has to be pressed twice!
In "mined" ALT+right / left SHIFT has to be pressed once!
In "edit" ALT+right /left SHIFT has to be pressed twice!
In "mined" ALT+right / left SHIFT has to be pressed once!
Fritz / Willi
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM
From: "Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel" <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
To: "FreeDOS Developers" <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: jer...@shidel.net
Subject: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.4
From: "Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel" <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
To: "FreeDOS Developers" <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: jer...@shidel.net
Subject: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.4
Hi All,
As we are most likely approaching the release of FreeDOS 1.4 in the very near future, we are coming to the point where we will begin to look at the monthly Interim Test Release builds of the operating system as Release Candidates.
At that point any large or complex changes will no longer be made until after the next OS release. T2412 may be the final Interim build and T2501 could very well be the first Release Candidate.
Since T2411, there have only been a couple suggestions for changes. Mostly in regards to reducing the size of a couple packages. Eric and I updated several of those packages to save some space on the install media.
Likewise, yesterday a I updated BWBasic to version 3.30 that dropped a couple days ago. Including, UPX compression of the binary which will cut its installed size roughly in half.
Are there any general or package groups changes anyone would like to see made before we move from Interim Builds to Release Candidates?
:-)
Jerome
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As we are most likely approaching the release of FreeDOS 1.4 in the very near future, we are coming to the point where we will begin to look at the monthly Interim Test Release builds of the operating system as Release Candidates.
At that point any large or complex changes will no longer be made until after the next OS release. T2412 may be the final Interim build and T2501 could very well be the first Release Candidate.
Since T2411, there have only been a couple suggestions for changes. Mostly in regards to reducing the size of a couple packages. Eric and I updated several of those packages to save some space on the install media.
Likewise, yesterday a I updated BWBasic to version 3.30 that dropped a couple days ago. Including, UPX compression of the binary which will cut its installed size roughly in half.
Are there any general or package groups changes anyone would like to see made before we move from Interim Builds to Release Candidates?
:-)
Jerome
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