Mail Archives: djgpp/2007/08/24/04:02:09
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:23:18 +0200, <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> On Aug 23, 10:06 am, DJ Delorie <d DOT DOT DOT AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> > Could you update this item with FreeDOS and Dr-DOS? Or a second item
>> with
>> > "DOS, which supports LFN"?
>>
>> Assuming you mean the zip picker, why? Does it change the list of
>> things you need (mostly, cwsdpmi), or the installation instructions
>> (mostly environment variables)?
>
> Yeah, the ZIP Picker still recommends 2.03p2 for XP, what gives? ;-)
>
> I think he meant which binaries are best for FreeDOS or DR-DOS (but I
> could be wrong). DJGPP 2.04 beta has better support for FAT32 (e.g.
> statfs, _creat, _open), and since EDR-DOS and FreeDOS support that, I
> assume it would be the preferred version (unless you don't need such,
> e.g. only using FAT12, FAT16 like me).
Yes, this would be better, but there is no official release, so I don't
think that DJ wants to add this item :-)
> DR-DOS 7.03 works fine with DJGPP and its programs for me, but didn't
> OpenDOS 7.01 (which EDR-DOS is based) have problems re: their DPMI
> server? Anyways, CWSDPMI is better in some ways (swapping) and
> *usually* most DJGPP programs were written for it (obviously not
> FreeDOS' p7zip 4.42 compile, but anyways ...). So I would always
> recommend getting it.
>
> "DOS, which supports LFN"? Sounds like he means Datalight ROM DOS
> (which supposedly? supports LFNs natively). Or he could mean e.g.
> FreeDOS w/ DOSLFN. Either way, don't most packages work in either
> case? You only have to unzip to SFN form if you want to use under both
> SFN and LFN modes, right?
>
> No extra environment variable changes are needed, AFAIK.
>
Yes, there is no problem...but for newbies it would be better if they
would find FreeDOS, Enhanced Dr-DOS and Datalight ROM DOS in one item.
Publicity is important. And little things like I wrote above big
improvements for newbies. Other example: Sentences "Last update " at
bottom of the pages are also very interesting for someone who looks for a
compiler :-)
Bye
Flo
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