Uploaded to www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0-Testing/fdbasecd.iso is an updated BASE CD-ROM ISO. Hopefully, the bugs that plagued users of the last distribution should be gone, and I would greatly appreciate testing from ones where it mangled the former contents of their filesystem.
Some updated features are: - The batch files have been completely revamped, and things should be more user-friendly - The user can now install to whichever drive that they wish to install to; it asks the user quite near the beginning of the process to which drive the user would like to install to. - The menus in the former ISOs which didn't use powerbatch now use powerbatch for a more user-friendly experience. - XFdisk is now the default partitioner due to Fdisk bugs not being fixed. Fdisk is still available as an option however. - DOSLFN is now in the BASE diskset since long filenames are becoming increasingly important - Some programs like EMM386 got updated to fix bugs in QEMU mostly - The user can now select their language and country etc... far earlier in the installation process; in fact, it happens before most other things. - Some other minor problems were fixed - The installer now has a check for free disk space; if there is not enough diskspace to install a package, the installer should ask the user if they wish to continue the installation after skipping that package If the major problems that affected people are fixed in this distribution, I will release this ISO and the other ISOs (probably with a few more minor changes) as 1.0. Cheers to everyone for getting this far! -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
