Testing it out now... > On May 23, 2026, at 1:38 AM, victoria crenshaw via Freedos-user > <[email protected]> wrote: > > NEW RELEASE! > > https://4ch.mooo.com/freedos/repos/1.4/html/en/net/fdnpkg16/ > get it here! > > > FDNPKG16 v0.99.8254 [22 May 2026] > - [new] download feature added! you can download files into the current > working directory /dl <package> > - [new] you can now press y or n for the force package install choice > - [fix] fixed the no packet driver spam it will quit if there is no packet > driver (by size guess of htgetres == 3) > - [fix] reimplemented no database creation if there is a problem with > downloading indexes > - [fix] bumped up memory checker size of free ram for stability with > networking. sorry! > - [new] you can download updates and not install them now with /du command >
Booted in “Safe Mode” (most drivers low), no packet driver. Ran: C:\fdnpkg16 cc Cache cleared. (Good) C:\fdnpkg16 se listpci Loading http://dps.lod.bz/repos/latest/base/ <http://dps.lod.bz/repos/latest/base/>… NO PACKET DRIVER FOUND. Repository download failed! No Package matched the search. (Good) C:\echo %errorlevel% 0 (Should be non-zero to indicate an error) C:\fdnet Packet driver loaded. C:\fdnpkg16 se listpci WARNING: Virtual memory too low. FDNPKG16 may behave unreliably. (Good) C:\echo %errorlevel% 0 (Should be non-zero to indicate an error) Reboot, default (JEMMEX More compatible). Packet driver loads automatically. C:\fdnpkg16 se listvesa Loading (each repo dir) …. Package database is being created. Please wait warmly. listvesa - (information) (Good) C:\fdnpkg16 remove pickles Package pickles is not installed, so not removed. (Good) C:\echo %errorlevel% 0 (Should be non-zero to indicate an error) C:\fdnpkg16 /dl listvesa Package database loaded from local cache. Downloaded package (Good) ——— So, other than the error level issue always being zero, that stuff looks good. But, I did run several other tests and found some things that should be improved. 1) running “fdnpkg16 /dl pickles”, says it did not find a “pickles” package. However, it created a 8 byte zip file called “pickles.zip” 2) running “fdnpkg16 /du”, started the process of downloading the available updates. However, I pressed “CTRL+C” while it was downloading FDISK. It reported that it had a “CRC error” and “Aborted the installation”. However, it saved the partial package as “FDISK.ZIP” and continued downloading additional packages. It should not save (or it should delete) the broken downloaded package. Also, it should prompt to “Abort, Retry or Continue” when an error occurs. 3) after downloading those packages and deleting the broken fdisk.zip file. Simply running “fdnpkg16 update *.zip” returns that “package *.zip is not installed”. It would be nicer to support wild-cards when referencing local files. 4) when running “fdnpkg16 /du”, if a zip file exists locally, it is still downloaded. However, the newly downloaded zip file is discarded and does not replace the file on disk. Also, there are no messages that the download was discarded. It would be better to first check if there is a conflicting file already on the local hard drive. Then prompt to overwrite or skip downloading that zip file. 5) Known issue, regarding case-less file name comparisons when checking packages for conflicting files on hard disk. You have made a lot of progress with this updated version. :-)
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