>> Wait for the DEVLOAD developers to release a version (3.24?) with >> that bug fixed. > > Regarding the drive letters and devload: I do not think this is a bug in > devload here. On my Live-CDs I use devload in the autoexec.bat file and it > assigns a new drive letter just fine.
There is definitively a bug in DEVLOAD (3.22 and older) regarding CDS entry assignment when redirector (for example, *CDEX) CDS entries exist between or right after block-device-based CDS entries. This is currently being addressed by the developers. Your earlier description: >>> ... Now, when I load DOSUSB and then "devload usbdisk.sys" the >>> block device driver usbdisk.sys will get the drive letter F: >>> from FreeDOS. Apparently it does not supply the next drive letter >>> which would be G:. I can then access the flash disk as F:, but >>> "FD11Setup" is gone. This appears to be exactly how the DEVLOAD bug would behave. If you have any better explanation and resolution for this odd behaviour, feel free to speak up. I don't know why your boot CDs apparently aren't affected by the bug: If however, as you mentioned, your CDs simulate hard disks, and if you only use the simulated hard disk to access the CD (that is, if you are not ever installing any *CDEX), then it's simply the case that all of your DOS drives use block-device-based CDS entries as opposed to redirector CDS entries. The older DEVLOAD releases work fine on systems without redirector CDS entries. If you are loading a *CDEX to access the CD, then it could be the case that you aren't affected by the DEVLOAD bug because you assign the CD a drive that isn't right after the last block-device-based drive - if so. If there's enough gaps for all drives to be installed by DEVLOAD between the last block-device-based CDS entry and the first redirector CDS entry, then the DEVLOAD bug does not affect DEVLOAD's operation either. Regards, Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
