Isn't this the same argument I made for broken hypervisors? -- Kirn Gill II Mobile: +1 813-300-2330 <+18133002330> VoIP: +1 813-704-0420 <+18137040420> Email: segin2...@gmail.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kirn-gill/32/49a/9a6
On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM tom ehlert via Freedos-devel < freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hallo Herr Alain Mouette via Freedos-devel, > > am Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2025 um 21:53 schrieben Sie: > > > > > Em 27/02/2025 13:08, Bret Johnson via Freedos-devel escreveu: > >> I don't know how often you use other versions of DOS (like MS or PC or > DR or EDR or ...) compared to FreeDOS, but a TSR would solve the problem > for all of them while modifying FreeDOS would only fix FreeDOS. I > personally prefer MS-DOS and mostly use others (including FreeDOS) just for > compatibility testing. > > I have been responsible for a lot of DOS boxes running 24/7 for the las > > 20+ years (peak was 100, now just a few)... > > > FreeDOS is much more stable then MS-DOS due ot: > > 1) Eric Auer did a nice job flushing files to disk which lowered > > considerably power failure problems > How exactly did he "flush to disk"? Other then "I don't cache writes"? > > > 2) It is much better then MS-DOS for compatibility with modern machines, > > specialy big disks and memory > > > So I vote for implementing whatever is needed in FreeDOS's kernel. This > > way it will be more compatible with big disks too > > I vote to do nothing about *this particular* machine. It's most likely a > buggy BIOS/CSM or > buggy firmware (unlikely, else windows wouldn't work), and not worth > throwing valuable developer time at. > > Just don't execute DOS on this system. > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >
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