Hallo Herr Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel,

am Montag, 26. Mai 2025 um 14:49 schrieben Sie:

> Hi Bernd,

>> On May 26, 2025, at 7:12 AM, Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel 
>> <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> for testing I want to update the kernel binaries for the next interim 
>> release with builds from the latest commit [1].
>> 
>> I have a question regarding the Gitlab kernel package [2]. It contains 
>> several variants of the kernel (8086 / 386 etc.). None of them is named 
>> KERNEL.SYS.
>> 
>> Which of the files get installed as the KERNEL.SYS under the root directory, 
>> and how is this accomplished?

> It Depends.

> * KERNL86N.SYS - without LFS support. Not used. Only provided.
> * KERNL86.SYS - with LFS support.
> * KERNL386.SYS - with LFS support.

> (LFS = really big disk partitions,

Whoever invented "LFS" can he please stay somewhere in the 100+ years future, 
(or simply OFF this list)
so I don' have to turn in my grave so often?

> LFN = really long file names)
it has been "long file names" for ~30 years. Maybe you lived under a rock for 
all the time,
but there is absolutely no need to invent new names for old stuff.

Bye

Tom



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