Re: [Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS kernel UPX'ing and versionning chaos

2011-08-01 Thread cm
Most FreeDOS kernels released so far were UPX'ed and not un-UPX'able. The kernel almost-2040 included on 1.1test3 CD distro is NOT UPX'ed. Problem: with UPX'ed kernel, you can't check the version without booting the kernel. Suggestion: at the beginning or end of the file, add a string

Re: [Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS kernel UPX'ing and versionning chaos

2011-08-01 Thread e . auer
Hi Bernd, general question: How much do we want to know about a kernel without booting it? Because a lot of the information below is available AFTER booting the kernel, be it by human reading of the version description string (21.33xx) or by querying some int 21 functions to check FAT32 support

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2040 released

2011-08-01 Thread e . auer
License evilness. Better to have the EDR DOS style hack for files above 4 GB file size than that. Than what that ??? Isn't it the same thing ??? I thought there was some discussion about exfat or whatever the MS thing for big files on embedded devices is, as that is not FAT in the DOS sense