I'm not looking to make a ton of changes in these last weeks until FreeDOS "1.4-rc3" but this one is an easier decision because it doesn't work. I'm getting errors even for basic functionality like "clear" and "pwd":
C:\>minibox pwd Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV Page fault at eip=00003c59, error=0004 eax=000ba7d8 ebx=000ba7a8 ecx=00000007 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 edi=00003bd0 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=00022790 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: 0x00003c59 C:\>minibox clear Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV Page fault at eip=000028c9, error=0004 eax=000ba650 ebx=000ba620 ecx=00000007 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 edi=00002840 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=00021a10 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: 0x000028c9 *And to test that nothing else was getting in the way, I booted my system without a FDCONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC, and still getting these errors. Drop Minibox. On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> 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. _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
