Hello Paul, I appreciate your effort trying to fix it. Thanks for sharing your results here. I will update the FreeDOS package to include a patched v0.86 command.com.
Regarding the IFDEFS, these are flawed by themselves, as they test for the compiler used to build ptchsize, and not for the compiler used to build FreeCOM. These may or MAY NOT be the same. For example, when I build under MacOS, ptchsize is built by clang, and FreeCOM is built by Watcom. I opened an issue for it at [1]. [1]: https://github.com/FDOS/freecom/issues/169 Bernd > Am 21.02.2025 um 10:54 schrieb Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>: > > > Once the following patch is applied: (repeating for perditionc) >> C:\Users\Paul\freecom\freecom4>type >> 0001-patch-for-all-compilers-avoiding-out-of-memory-error.patch >> From 9b4e0fa43cb1c649ccd3f5ed23cef46278148c65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Paul Dufresne dufres...@zoho.com> >> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 04:01:04 -0500 >> Subject: [PATCH] patch for all compilers, avoiding out of memory error when >> Watcom >> >> --- >> tools/ptchsize.c | 3 +-- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/tools/ptchsize.c b/tools/ptchsize.c >> index 9209d99..14e56cd 100644 >> --- a/tools/ptchsize.c >> +++ b/tools/ptchsize.c >> @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) >> >> printf("Patching '%s' to heap size of %u bytes\n" >> , argv[1], tosize); >> -#if defined(__TURBOC__) || defined(GCC) >> + >> /* Watcom already has extraMin minimal and dynamically adjusts its MCB*/ >> if(tosize) { >> #ifdef GCC >> @@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) >> "File most probably corrupted now: %s\n", argv[1]); >> return 77; >> } >> -#endif >> >> #ifndef GCC >> if(fseek(freecom, ival.heapPos, SEEK_SET) != 0) { >> -- >> 2.48.1.windows.1 >> >> Now FreeCOM/command offset A have 317h. >> And it now boots without errors. > > Now reverting: > > commit fa674ea7b5aa4fcb0e4b4263d9ba31d79ccfc961 > Author: Kenneth J Davis <perditi...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed Feb 19 10:40:26 2025 -0500 > > increase size of heap from 6KB to 8KB > > (size based on discussions on FreeDOS mailing list, TODO validate actual > size used and see if can be semi-automated to ensure adjusted up or down as > actually required) > > FreeCOM/command.com offset A is now 297h > Still boots without errors. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
