Op 4-8-2011 14:44, dos386 schreef: > Unfortunately, the kernel looks for FDCONFIG.SYS and CONFIG.SYS > only (I'd kick the latter, BTW), so all FreeDOS kernels will share this > one file, except you patch the kernel.
Lots of software (especially driver installers) still depends on CONFIG.SYS existing. For very simple configurations (no menu stuff for example) FreeDOS can use/read CONFIG.SYS just fine. > You can boot multiple kernels using METAKERN. It works > great, but needs some manual setup. You can drop FreeDOS, EDRDOS > and ME on same partition, but you MUST use FDCONFIG.SYS , > DCONFIG.SYS , FDAUTO.BAT and DRAUTO.BAT. I'm not sure how easy it's to configure Eric's METABOOT.BOT bootsector file to look for a specific kernel name. The use of this special bootsector is that it modified a memory copy of the original used bootsector so geometry is kept. Convenient in case of resizing disk or copying METAKERN.SYS itself to a different drive, including attached bootsectors. > There is absolutely no need to dig out old dead > 1.0 distro utils from their graves ;-) Depends, we've still not added all the extra utilities that make it worthwile to use DOS. Base distro is a very simple base. Adding programs from a 1.0 CD can be quite troublesome, especially due to POSTINST.BAT > To test multiple kernels, the easiest solution is to rename them all > (KERNEL36.SYS KERNEL38.SYS KERNEL40.SYS) and then > > COPY KERNEL38.SYS KERNEL.SYS > boom (CTL-ALT-DEL) > > (test 2038) > > COPY KERNEL40.SYS KERNEL.SYS > boom (CTL-ALT-DEL) > > (test 2040) > >> Would this be a good time (doubtful) to >> suggest "XCHG" as a mnemonic for swapping filenames? > > + 1 > > or SWAP ;-) I need this frequently too. Patches to FreeCOM always welcome, I think both Ruxgulo and Jeremy managed to get a (good?) working Watcom version somehow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
