In general I would suggest we don't start spamming the list with messages about utilities to be relegated to downloadable add-ons. Could we set up a forum or something whre we could sort this out?
On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 at 20:15, victoria crenshaw via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > keep in repo remove from media +1 > > On Mon, 2025-02-17 at 12:20 -0500, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > Tom suggested in another message thread the removal of MiniBox from > > the release media. > > > > I had never used it. So, I gave it a quick try. > > > > I though it was a sort of command shell. But, that does not appear to > > be the case. > > > > It seems to be a wrapper for several Linux commands. > > > > Minibox Commands: > > > > beep > > cat > > cd > > clear > > cp > > date > > echo > > ls > > mkdir > > mv > > help > > pwd > > rm > > rmdir > > sh > > time > > > > Most of these have FreeDOS equivalents and are not needed. > > > > Usage is basically “minibox ls”, to perform the ls command. > > > > A bigger issue is many commands did not work under RC2. > > > > For example, “sh” and several other commands generate the following > > output in VirtualBox: > > > > C:\>minibox sh > > Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV > > Page fault at eip=00004240, error=0004 > > eax=000ba9c0 ebx=000ba990 ecx=00000007 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 > > edi=00004180 > > ebp=000ba428 esp=000ba3e0 program=C:\UTIL\MINIBOX\EN\MINIBOX.EXE > > cs: sel=00a7 base=00400000 limit=000bffff > > ds: sel=00af base=00400000 limit=000bffff > > es: sel=00af base=00400000 limit=000bffff > > fs: sel=008f base=00007d20 limit=0000ffff > > gs: sel=00bf base=00000000 limit=0010ffff > > ss: sel=00af base=00400000 limit=000bffff > > App stack: [000ba498..0003a498] Exceptn stack: [0003a3d4..00038494] > > > > Call frame traceback EIPs: > > 0x00004240 > > C:\>logger > > > > This also occurs under T2411. > > > > Since I did not have an instance of FreeDOS 1.3 in VirtualBox, I did > > not try the program under that OS version. > > > > Regardless, I propose removing MiniBox from the install media. > > > > Please let us all know your opinion on its removal. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jerome > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-devel mailing list > > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > -- > with love comrade Victoria, cell chair of Emma Tenayuca-Woody Guthrie- > Dave Robbins Cell > chair of tech committee of the organization department > chair of ACNHS > chair of CFS > founder of yellow rose group 💛️ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
