Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Interim Build T2405

[Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel]

Hi Willi,On May 1, 2024, at 10:20 AM, Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel  wrote:Hi Jerome, thanks for this statement.

 

I know that you are very very busy, and it is not really urgent, but it would be nice to keep it in mind.

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/apps/ - and there: doszip.zip

or:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/devel - and there dojs.zip

 

are not up to date, which leads to the result that it is not possible to download the latest versions via fdnpkg update.

 

Willi
They’ll be updated either later today or tomorrow at those location.I wasn’t able to make time to update the packages for T2405 until last night. Basically what happens is this…I update the packages at the GitLab FreeDOS archive.  Which performs a bunch of validation and such things. It also wraps them up into a package. This is where the RBE (release build environment) fetch’s the packages for the Interim and Release builds.Then I download the FreeDOS compatible package from GitLab.Then I upload them to my server at http://fd.lod.bz and the repository management tools make some adjustments to the metadata. My server checks for such updates hourly.Then I download that from my server and upload it ibiblio. The repo management tools also are running there. However, they will see the adjustments to the metadata have already been made and just update its web pages. Ibiblio only checks automatically once per day for updates.Unfortunately, the underlying utilities that get used to update the metadata can very slightly between the 2 servers. That can result in different hashes for the packages. Since the repo management software on both servers is the same. The order of upload to those servers is not important. It’s just easier to update ibiblio last. Especially since there can be multiple copies of the packages in the different OS version repositories on that server.Anyhow, those are already on GitLab and my server. Just waiting for me to download them and upload copies to ibiblio. I will be away from a computer for most of the day today. (Sending this from a phone). But, I should get to that at some point before tomorrow.:-)Jerome 

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Subject: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Interim Build T2405



The FreeDOS Interim Test Build T2405 for May is now available for download at:

 

https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/

 

A special thanks to Wilhelm for pointing out most of the updates and providing links for me to download.

 

I’ve been very time constrained of late. Without his support, the only updated program in this Build would have been NASM. He also provided information and links regarding several other items. However, I should follow up on that in a different post. 

 

Thanks again Willi for the time and effort you put into searching for updates. It is a big help. :-)

 

 

Overview of changes in this Interim Build:

 


2024-04-30 21:54:27 suppls (shidel): relocated developer files from source to devel

2024-04-30 21:39:55 dojs (shidel): updated to v1.12.1 (The puny port)

2024-04-30 21:36:21 doszip (shidel): updated to v2.66

2024-04-30 21:32:30 testdisk (shidel): updated to v7.2 (final)

2024-04-30 21:27:47 fasm (shidel): updated to v1.73.32

2024-04-30 21:22:13 nasm (shidel): updated to v2.16.03

2024-04-13 07:11:10 nasm (shidel): updated to version 2.16.02

2024-04-04 20:33:02 project_FD-NLS (cardpuncher): Add files via upload

2024-04-04 16:14:11 project_FD-NLS (shidel): report update

2024-04-04 15:19:11 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge pull request #191 from cardpuncher/master

2024-04-03 20:02:23 project_FD-NLS (shidel): report update

2024-04-03 19:18:04 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge branch 'master' of github.com:shidel/fd-nls

2024-04-03 18:46:51 project_FD-NLS (shidel): FDNET DOSBox Staging Strings

2024-04-03 15:03:49 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge pull request #190 from cardpuncher/master

2024-04-03 15:02:20 fdnet [unstable] (shidel): DOSBox Staging networking support

2024-04-03 14:40:43 project_FDI [unstable] (shidel): DOSBox Hybrid install, FDAUTO path typo fix


 

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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Interim Build T2405

[Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel]

Hi Jerome, thanks for this statement.

 

I know that you are very very busy, and it is not really urgent, but it would be nice to keep it in mind.

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/apps/ - and there: doszip.zip

or:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/devel - and there dojs.zip

 

are not up to date, which leads to the result that it is not possible to download the latest versions via fdnpkg update.

 

Willi
 

Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2024 at 12:12 PM
From: "Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel" 
To: "FreeDOS Developers" 
Cc: jer...@shidel.net
Subject: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Interim Build T2405



The FreeDOS Interim Test Build T2405 for May is now available for download at:

 

https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/

 

A special thanks to Wilhelm for pointing out most of the updates and providing links for me to download.

 

I’ve been very time constrained of late. Without his support, the only updated program in this Build would have been NASM. He also provided information and links regarding several other items. However, I should follow up on that in a different post. 

 

Thanks again Willi for the time and effort you put into searching for updates. It is a big help. :-)

 

 

Overview of changes in this Interim Build:

 


2024-04-30 21:54:27 suppls (shidel): relocated developer files from source to devel

2024-04-30 21:39:55 dojs (shidel): updated to v1.12.1 (The puny port)

2024-04-30 21:36:21 doszip (shidel): updated to v2.66

2024-04-30 21:32:30 testdisk (shidel): updated to v7.2 (final)

2024-04-30 21:27:47 fasm (shidel): updated to v1.73.32

2024-04-30 21:22:13 nasm (shidel): updated to v2.16.03

2024-04-13 07:11:10 nasm (shidel): updated to version 2.16.02

2024-04-04 20:33:02 project_FD-NLS (cardpuncher): Add files via upload

2024-04-04 16:14:11 project_FD-NLS (shidel): report update

2024-04-04 15:19:11 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge pull request #191 from cardpuncher/master

2024-04-03 20:02:23 project_FD-NLS (shidel): report update

2024-04-03 19:18:04 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge branch 'master' of github.com:shidel/fd-nls

2024-04-03 18:46:51 project_FD-NLS (shidel): FDNET DOSBox Staging Strings

2024-04-03 15:03:49 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge pull request #190 from cardpuncher/master

2024-04-03 15:02:20 fdnet [unstable] (shidel): DOSBox Staging networking support

2024-04-03 14:40:43 project_FDI [unstable] (shidel): DOSBox Hybrid install, FDAUTO path typo fix


 

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[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Interim Build T2405

[Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel]

The FreeDOS Interim Test Build T2405 for May is now available for download at:

https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/ 


A special thanks to Wilhelm for pointing out most of the updates and providing 
links for me to download.

I’ve been very time constrained of late. Without his support, the only updated 
program in this Build would have been NASM. He also provided information and 
links regarding several other items. However, I should follow up on that in a 
different post. 

Thanks again Willi for the time and effort you put into searching for updates. 
It is a big help. :-)


Overview of changes in this Interim Build:

2024-04-30 21:54:27 suppls (shidel): relocated developer files from source to 
devel
2024-04-30 21:39:55 dojs (shidel): updated to v1.12.1 (The puny port)
2024-04-30 21:36:21 doszip (shidel): updated to v2.66
2024-04-30 21:32:30 testdisk (shidel): updated to v7.2 (final)
2024-04-30 21:27:47 fasm (shidel): updated to v1.73.32
2024-04-30 21:22:13 nasm (shidel): updated to v2.16.03
2024-04-13 07:11:10 nasm (shidel): updated to version 2.16.02
2024-04-04 20:33:02 project_FD-NLS (cardpuncher): Add files via upload
2024-04-04 16:14:11 project_FD-NLS (shidel): report update
2024-04-04 15:19:11 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge pull request #191 from 
cardpuncher/master
2024-04-03 20:02:23 project_FD-NLS (shidel): report update
2024-04-03 19:18:04 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge branch 'master' of 
github.com:shidel/fd-nls
2024-04-03 18:46:51 project_FD-NLS (shidel): FDNET DOSBox Staging Strings
2024-04-03 15:03:49 project_FD-NLS (shidel): Merge pull request #190 from 
cardpuncher/master
2024-04-03 15:02:20 fdnet [unstable] (shidel): DOSBox Staging networking support
2024-04-03 14:40:43 project_FDI [unstable] (shidel): DOSBox Hybrid install, 
FDAUTO path typo fix

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Re: [Freedos-devel] MBR boot failure + diagnosis on a PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 machine

[Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel]

Hello Ben,

thanks for reporting this. I opened a github issue at the FDISK repository 
containing the code for the MBR:
https://github.com/FDOS/fdisk/issues/82

We may adapt BOOTNORM.ASM to work around the issue.
https://github.com/FDOS/fdisk/blob/v1.3.14/source/fdisk/bootnorm.asm

> P.S. If you have a later version of FreeDOS FDISK and you used an earlier 
> version with the /SMBR switch, *DO NOT USE THE /LOADMBR SWITCH!* You will 
> lose all partitioning information and probably have to wipe your disk and 
> reinstall everything. Use /LOADIPL in that case instead! (or the /AMBR alias, 
> which is what you would have been using before.) Yes, I learnt this from 
> experience, unfortunately.

Sorry to hear that. /LOADMBR was introduced recently. It is not included in the 
version shipped with FreeDOS 1.3. Since introduced, there is a symmetry between 
/SAVEMBR and /LOADMBR. Means that while /SAVEMBR stores the whole boot sector, 
/LOADMBR restores the whole sector. Does anyone think this is a major issue? 
The documented commands are as follows (via FDISK /?):

MBR (Master Boot Record) management:
   /CLEARMBR Deletes all partitions and boot code
   /LOADMBR Loads part. table and code from "boot.mbr" into MBR
   /SAVEMBR Saves partition table and code into file "boot.mbr"

MBR code modifications leaving partitions intact:
   /IPL Installs the standard boot code into MBR 
 ...same as /MBR and /CMBR for compatibility
   /LOADIPL Writes 440 code bytes from "boot.mbr" into MBR

Greetings, Bernd



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