[Freedos-kernel] Checking NUL directory/drive is broken in 2042

2017-01-25 Thread Nando Eva
Was using FreeDOS 1.1 2040 kernel? previously and could check for drive or directory existence with the NUL device: If exist c:\nul echo C: existsIf exist c:\mydir\nul echo C:\mydir exists This behavior is broken with 2042, no longer being able to identify if a drive/dir exists anymore. Can the d

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Checking NUL directory/drive is broken in 2042

2017-01-26 Thread Nando Eva
Tom, screenshots at http://imgur.com/a/h9x9c showing kernel 2042 always identifying e:\nul as present (attrib e:\nul or if exist e:\nul), even though it is not. Kernel 2041 correctly identifies it as not present. A fix for this would be great so I can again check for drive/dir existence using t

[Freedos-kernel] kernel 2042 fdconfig.sys install param not passing switches to command

2017-01-31 Thread Nando Eva
Hi, I noticed was getting more messages appearing during my bootup with kernel 2042 compared to 2041. Upon investigation, I found it is not passing any switches given in fdconfig.sys install= to the command. This is the case also of installhigh. eg fdconfig.sys lines: 2345?install=\DOS\ansi.c