Excerpt from Rugxulo:
> > Well maybe it would also be nice to have some BASH, such > > as the DJGPP one - both shell and script language... :-) > Nah. Their Bash is ancient (2.05b), not well-supported by anyone > anymore. Most DJGPP stuff mandatorily has to be cross-compiled > anyways, for various reasons. I just checked in NetBSD pkgsrc and FreeBSD ports, bash is at v4.3. If DJGPP stuff has to be cross-compiled, what OS would it be cross-compilable from, and with what tools? Can FreeDOS base OS and added software be cross-compiled from Linux, NetBSD or FreeBSD, and with what? There is the added problem that 16-bit would be needed, and I believe GCC only compiles for 32- and 64-bit. I suppose a user of Linux, FreeBSD or NetBSD, or even MS-Windows or Mac OS X, could compile, using DOS tools, from DOSBox? Though DOSBox is not as sturdy as straight native DOS, and FreeDOS 1.1 installer would not run from DOSBox (I tried); installer insisted on FreeCOM command interpreter. Just for comparison, there are tools by which ReactOS can be cross-compiled from (quasi)-Unix, which would include Linux and the BSDs, from what I read on ReactOS website (reactos.org). FreeDOS is supposed to support very old, pre-80386 computers capable of running (MS-, DR- or PC-)DOS, hence the need for 16-bit support, but we don't want to hold back users of computers with 32-bit or 64-bit CPUs who could better run 32-bit. In my case, my main use for FreeDOS would be for things like BIOS/UEFI updates and hard-drive diagnostics. My Ethernet is apparently too recent for any packet driver, and from previous posts on FreeDOS lists, my audio (Intel HD audio) has no DOS support. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
