Hi, that sounds great! I was planning to try HX RT. Thanks for the update. On Mon 7. 6. 2021 at 3:39, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:
> > Hi :-) > > I would like to refresh the discussion about 1.3 updates... > > *Part one, quick driver selection improvements* > > Questions about the next update of the 1.3 boot media, > has the following already been taken care of? Thanks! > > - provide XMGR as alternative for HIMEM at least in "full" > (it can have better compatibility than HIMEM or JEMMEX) > > - provide CTMOUSE 2.0 as alternative for 2.1 in "full" > (one uses BIOS, the other hardware I/O for PS/2 and > USB legacy support can be broken in one of the two) > > - move UIDE from "base" to "full"... > (UIDE is more for people who want tiny boot disks) > > - ...while moving UHDD from "bonus" to "base"! > (UHDD and UDVD2 together give best performance) > > - ...and moving LBACACHE from "base" to "full" > (CDRCACHE already is "full"-only, but see below!) > > The rationale for the latter is the following: If you want > to cache both harddisk/SSD and CD/DVD, you will either have > to load both LBACACHE and CDRCACHE, or have to load UHDD > before UDVD2. Because using UHDD allows sharing cache XMS > between harddisk and CD, that is the more modern method. > > Note that only UDVD2 uses UHDD cache. In every situation > where the ELTORITO driver is used, I recommend loading > CDRCACHE for ELTORITO. So the BOOT CONFIGURATION of the > installer should be able to use both: UHDD+UDVD2 in one > setting and ELTORITO+CDRCACHE in the other. Note how the > two styles differ in which part must be loaded first. > > See my 3 May 2021 mailS "Distro autoexec/config wishes" > which also discusses some other config issues. > > In case Lukas is reading this: You can also use CDRCACHE > with OAKCDROM, but let me know if that breaks your game > copy protection checks! Also note that some games need > to use XMS below the 16 MB boundary. Both XMS drivers > and some XMS-using drivers such as UHDD and RDISK have > command line options to keep "low" XMS free for games. > > Of course it would also be fine to have more drivers > in "base", but if only either UIDE or UHDD can be in > there, then it should be UHDD, not UIDE or LBACACHE. > > *Part two, slower package choice suggestions* > > Can we promote HX RT / HX GUI more? It runs Win32 apps. > If you are okay with the license, please include it. > > Can we promote XFDISK next to FDISK? "Upgrade" XFDISK > from "Bonus CD only" to "full" or even "base" for that. > > Can we add INFOPLUS (COMPINFO tends to crash) as "MSD"? > > Can we promote DOSZIP (and DN2?) as "DOSSHELL"? > Lukas' 2 June mail says DN2 is slower etc.? > > Can we promote DOS32A as cure for DOS4GW problems? > > Can we add the MPXPLAY media player, with AC97 and HDA > support, great to show off support for modern hardware! > > Please add FDSHIELD to "full" or even "base" again, > it is our resident (TSR) virus protection thingy :-) > > Please add RDISK next to SRDISK: While the latter > is resizeable, the former is very lightweight. > > In general, the Legacy CD is missing a number of things > compared to the Live CD (aka Full CD?) or the Full USB > medium. I would give all three the same set of packages > and make Lite USB less lite (at least 60 MB FAT16) but > you already know my issues with too small USB media. > > As people have to burn a CD anyway, Legacy need not be > Lite, but if you want to offer a Lite CD, you could > offer one with Legacy and one non-Legacy boot style: > The ISO would be small enough so you can offer both. > > I remember people have also missed RAREAD and RAWRITE. > Which other packages should be move to higher categories? > > Maybe ARJ and CABEXTRACT? Command and freecom probably > are not REALLY "less included" on various media? > > And why are LHA and UNRAR not included at all? > Any license problems I have overlooked? > > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.3/previews/1.3-rc4/report.html > > Thanks for looking into those :-) Regards, Eric > > > > PS: I would have included 386SWAT (debugger) and DPMIONE > (DPMI host for DOS extenders etc.) but those are closed > source: http://www.sudleyplace.com/download.htm Still > cool enough to mention in this mail ;-) > > PS: Does ANY of you know contexts where CTMOUSE 1.9.1 > works, while 2.1 would not, even when the mouse wheel > mode of 2.1 is not activated via command line option? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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