Here's an experiment. I installed the boot disk, but then aborted the rest of
the installation with Ctrl+C after it asked me for the next floppy. This is how
FreeDOS boots, by failing to load the command interpreter from C:\FREEDOS\BIN:
It would be nice for FreeDOS to look in the root directory for the shell before
asking for it. It could also show a warning if it has to use this "fallback"
copy.
On Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 11:45:57 PM GMT+2, perditionc--- via
Freedos-devel <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-devel
<[email protected]> wrote:
Excellent, thanks! I also mirrored this to the download.freedos.org
server, and updated the note on the "Download" page.
https://www.freedos.org/download/
:: *Help test the next FreeDOS distribution!* This version includes
:: an updated kernel and other tools. Please test it out and report
:: a bug if you have problems. <Download FreeDOS T2607> (July 2026)
...
I am interested in any reports of programs that do not work [doesn't start,
crashes, certain functionality misbehaves, etc] with the kernel and retesting
programs reported to have problems in the past*. For example Test Drive II
works for me (with a crash on exit, so there are still issues). Other games
such as the Ultima series, though these may fail for other reasons, I seem to
recall are very sensitive to memory and memory managers. Other networks such
as Novell. Feel free to report on the list, especially if you need help or bug
reports (with details to repeat please) in FDOS/kernel issues (or GitLab).
* I'd like Phil's next video to have him delighted in the compatibility of
FreeDOS at least in as much as the kernel is involved. :-)
Thank you!Jeremy
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