Hi Gabriel,
Hi , I'm studing Operative Systems . I was trying to compile FreeDos but looks like a hard job, I think I can do it but maybe exists some tool with all already done on it, and just doing some command all is compiled.
The answer to this question depends a lot on what exactly you mean by "FreeDOS". In Linux tradition, you might mean only our kernel? For that, you can now even cross-compile using a Linux (or maybe Windows?) computer to compile our kernel binary without having to install DOS first. I guess Jeremy, ECM and others can point us to which readme to read and which toolchain packages to install to use that road. You can also install DOS first - if you like, in dosemu2, dosbox or a virtual machine - and then use that as your build environment to compile new kernel binaries. If you also want to compile FreeCOM (command.com) or all the different apps and drivers included in our distro, then the answer is indeed complex: They use a number of different compilers, assemblers and tools to build the binaries. Some of them may not be easily available today, but we tried to use free or even open source compilers whenever possible. Some Borland compilers are available as free legacy or museum apps now and some free assemblers now include MASM or TASM compatibility modes. We have also used tools written by DOS experts to translate assembly language files to free dialects like JWASM, WASM or NASM. In short, if you find a FreeDOS package which still can only be compiled with tools which are hard to find, please let us know about the oversight :-) Regards, Eric _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
