> On Apr 29, 2021, at 2:09 PM, Harald Arnesen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Deposite Pirate [29.04.2021 19:20]: > >> April 29, 2021 6:32 PM, "geneb" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On the surface of it, he's apparently asking for a "windows experience" in >>> a text mode operating >>> system. DOS isn't a "point and drool your way to fame and fortune" >>> operating system. If he thinks >>> this is bad, he'd have a stroke when presented with a non-graphical UNIX >>> system. ;) >> >> The FreeDOS install system is the worst I've ever seen of all DOSes because >> it's merely a bunch of >> batch scripts (which are going to be slower) and not a proper C or assembly >> program like DR/PC/MS-DOS.
Because all it’s logic is in some batch files? Multi-languages, multiple themes, advanced mode and on and on and on. As batch scripts go, it pushes the limits of what can be done. Sure the installer could have been done in assembly or one of the HLLs. But, it was asked to be done as a batch with only a few simple questions. The funny part is -- there were several people that it couldn’t even be done at all. But, there it is and it works well enough. > > I shouldn't think that would matter much. Most of the time is spent on > unzipping the various programs anyway. > -- > Hilsen Harald Yup, mostly. However it should be noted that depending on the hardware and install media used, installation time can very a lot. For example, I can do a FULL install of RC4 (coming soon) to a completely blank VM in VirtualBox (including partitioning) from the LiveCD in under a minute. If I use the FullUSB and its VMDK attached as a HD, it is even faster (although I probably spend 2 minutes changing VM settings and such after the install). VMware fusion is almost as fast. QEMU on the other hand is kinda slow probably 2-3 minutes and a FULL install takes longer. But then again, I was running QEMU on Linux inside a VirtualBox instance on an older Mac. Your results may very. What it comes down to is this: Like any program, performance will vary based on your computer system. Jerome _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
