Re: [Freedos-kernel] How do I compile just the bootsector and kernel?

2017-01-05 Thread Louis Santillan
See the FreeDOS Spec [0]. OpenWatcom C/C++ (1.9?) (and by extension WASM/JWASM? for ASM??) and NASM (no version either though many are based on 0.98.x) are the reference compilers/assemblers/linker. I was able to able to compile a recent kernel version with the non-reference compiler Borland C/C+

Re: [Freedos-kernel] How do I compile just the bootsector and kernel?

2017-01-04 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:59:25 -0800, Ben Hutchinson wrote: > Of all the many files in the FreeDOS sourcecode, which files will I need > if I just want to compile the bootsector and the kernel? You'll need the source files present in the "KERNEL" package, unsurprisingly. You can also fetch these so

[Freedos-kernel] How do I compile just the bootsector and kernel?

2017-01-04 Thread Ben Hutchinson
Of all the many files in the FreeDOS sourcecode, which files will I need if I just want to compile the bootsector and the kernel? I don't care to build command.com, or any of the tools that normally come with a full copy of FreeDOS. And also, what is the recommended free compiler (I'm not about to