I tend to agree with avoiding wasting tons of time rebuilding code, code already built and easily obtained. I found I could easily get lost (down a rabbit hole) with building and maintaining build scripts, with lots of time wasted just compiling code. After a decade, moved from using Gentoo (source based distribution) to a binary based Linux distribution.
Best studying the code (eg. similar to studying a good book), and tracing the processes. Worry about building after patching or modifying the source code. Also, with FreeDOS, we're most likely talking assembly language. ;-) In other words, (Assembly language is) fun code for reading, and far more difficult than C language! >> Instead, you want to look at the kernel and command.com sources On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 4:47 PM Eric Auer via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hi Gabriel, > > if I have to guess, then buildall does the following: > > It compiles several different types of FreeDOS kernel, > for example with and without FAT32 support. > > Each kernel is just a single binary which you can > rename to kernel.sys, then use SYS or similar tools > to install it to a FAT drive of your choice. Our > SYS and kernel support FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32. > > As you have already noticed, buildall will not > build a complete distro. All apps are packaged > separately :-) However, there is of course some > scripted build process used to create the distro > in ISO and other formats: > > > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/report.html > > If you just want to learn about operating systems, > then re-building the entire distro clearly is NOT > what you want to do. Instead, you want to look at > the kernel and command.com sources and maybe those > of a few interesting low level apps and drivers and > compile THOSE, possibly with your own custom changes. > > That would be more interesting from the operating > system exploration point of view, compared to pumping > around 100s of megabytes of data to create an ISO. > > Enjoy FreeDOS! Regards, Eric > > > > > Yes. I was taking a look and I discovered I needed some old tools... > > As said, you should NOT need any hard to get tools. > We tried to make many components buildable with modern > free open source compilers and assemblers. You may > still need Turbo C in some cases. Let us know if and > for which relevant packages you need more old tools. > > > Reading some documentation on kernel repository ( Github), I saw a file > > called "buildall.bat" , so , I thought that pick all source code ,compile > > it and create a .iso , something like that . > > See above and visit https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/OS/builder ;-) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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