Uploaded to www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/blair/ and freedos.sharedaemon.org are the latest FreeDOS Beta9 Enhanced Release CD ISOs. This release is mostly a bugfix release but also contains new packages like ARJ, and updates packages like HXRT. The bugs that are fixed are mostly to do with 'missing packages'. The 386-optimized kernel has been removed from the installation, although it can still be installed with "fdcdrom sys32". The method used to insert the bootsplash commands in config.sys and autoexe.bat has changed, so I would REALLY appreciate people testing this and telling me how it works. I would consider this release to be the most stable release so far. Note that packages promistd such as DOOM, DJGPP, and Ghostscript have not been added yet, as this is a bugfix release. They will likely find their way into the next release.
Also note that I now have a homepage hosted at freedos.sharedaemon.org For those of you who don't know, freedos.sharedaemon.org hosts torrents for the ISOs while ibiblio hosts the ISOs for download by http. Freedos.sharedaemon.org may not be updated for a while, so if you prefer to download by torrent please wait for the news item to appear. If you are wanting to update from a previous ISO, you can patch your old one with Xdelta using the patches available from www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/blair/deltas . If you go to freedos.sharedaemon.org, you will find links to versions of Xdelta for DOS, Windows, and Linux. Also note that Xdelta can likely be compiled for other POSIX-compliant Operating Systems. The MD5SUMs for the new ISOs are: 723537f07352d55e4ad6a4962be3c123 *FreeDos-Boot-CD-With-Sources-2005-09-07.iso 5df3b60f9f652ab6e4c17dc68bd023b8 *FreeDos-Boot-CD-Without-Sources-2005-09-07.iso And the new Readme is available at: www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/blair/README Happy testing! ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user