Hi, About the floppy edition: please consider creating a special set for pre-386 PCs by using LZ4_8088.
Link: http://www.oldskool.org/pc/lz4_8088 Important Q&A here: Q: Is this code faster than the LZ4 C source code? A: For 8088-80286 CPUs, yes. For 386+, no, because the 386 has 32-bit registers, additional segment registers, and additional instructions. Compiling the LZ4 C code with a suitable 32-bit compiler will produce code that definitely outperforms this 8088 assembly code. On the licensing side, it's basically FOSS, but you can read that bit on the URL I mentioned. The project has also been maintained throughout the years, with a release as close as 2024, so maybe someone can reach out to the guy and chat about a proper FOSS license or anything else. :) Cheers, Nick On Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 07:06:02 AM GMT+2, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I was looking to add the new Kernel for the upcoming July Interim Test build. But, there is no precompiled version of the 8086 Kernel with FAT32 support. That version is kind-of needed for the floppy edition for booting. Without it, it Makes it very difficult for someone to use the Floppy Edition to install the OS onto systems with larger hard drives. :-) Jerome _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
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