Hi, Tom, On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 9:05 AM, Tom Ehlert <t...@drivesnapshot.de> wrote: > >> I did find where it's hanging in MetaDOS. (0.84-pre4, TURBOC, Feb. 22) > > whatever this METADOS is. > it would be cool if you posted a METADOS.VHD somewhere so people can > easier reproduce these reports.
I've mentioned it before (over two years), but I don't beat people over the head with it. It's a minimalist image, meant to be modified for personal use, so it's not much by default. I've not had much feedback on it, but it does work for me, in limited use. I only mentioned it in case Bart wanted to try to more exactly reproduce it. >> It's a nested batch file, called from within FDAUTO.BAT, using "for" >> and "if" (%BOOT%:\FIX\MISCEXE.BAT). I know that's not an exact >> diagnosis, so I can't say for sure that I understand why it's hanging. >> But that's what I'm seeing. > > I understand that you are not a developer, but even you should be able > to singlestep FDAUTO.BAT, skip MISCEXE.BAT, and later execute it > manually; so this nested or not nested issue would be decided. It hangs at bootup if I call it, otherwise everything "seems" fine. So yes, without it, it boots fine, but there are still other lingering bugs. >> Actually, it's short (five lines), so I'll just quote it here: > >> **************************************************** >> @echo off > > even a non-developer should be able to remove the @ECHO OFF line. What for? To save a few measly bytes? > not knowing your secret METADOS, my first guess would be that > you have LFNDOS or similar installed Nope, LFNs neither installed nor enabled. > and command nukes in > > for %%a in (%BOOT%:\fix\*.exe %BOOT%:\fix\*.com) do ... > > due to long filename issues. old FreeCOM (2006) had no long filenames in > FOR ... Old 2006 FreeCOM 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap (which I'm using by default) did indeed have LFNs with FOR, if you enabled it via "lfnfor on". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
