Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-05 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Arkady V.Belousov wrote: Hello all, may we end this thread please like so? File a bug report in Bugzilla for FreeCOM, in which you (er, the unpersonal you) explain what information are to display _and_ how to acquire them. Would this be a good suggestion? Bye, --

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-04 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
Below are my quotes and after them, the corresponding explanations. You've always been honest to me so I'll be honest to you, too. I'm too busy/lazy/whatever to implement this, so here's an excuse: Please redirect your request to FreeDOS-kernel mailing list ;-) For the last 2 years Alain has

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-03 Thread Johnson Lam
On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 10:24:46 +0300, you wrote: Hi Lucho, You've always been honest to me so I'll be honest to you, too. I'm too busy/lazy/whatever to implement this, so here's an excuse: Please redirect your request to FreeDOS-kernel mailing list ;-) Lazy cause technology to advance! To be

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-02 Thread Alain
Hi Lucho. There is also one other for DR-DOS and something (which I don't know) for Datalife-ROM-DOS. Right. I posted the ROM-DOS one at the kernel mailing list last year. Do you have it handy to send it back to me? I hava a dos version program and I do have a rom-dos and I would like to test

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-02 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 14:15:25 -0300, Alain wrote: Do you have it handy to send it back to me? I hava a dos version program and I do have a rom-dos and I would like to test it. Here it is, from my old archives (when I was a Linux man using ROM-DOS and FreeDOS was DOS/C): Can an application tell

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Johnson Lam
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:01:04 +0300, you wrote: Hi, But VER /R of FreeCOM already does this! Typing VER /R gives: FreeCom version 0.82 pl 3 XMS_Swap [Dec 10 2003 06:49:21] DOS version 7.10 FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.33 Oh ... I don't know. Hidden switch? :-) Rgds, Johnson.

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:23:53 +0800, Johnson Lam wrote: But VER /R of FreeCOM already does this! Typing VER /R gives: FreeCom version 0.82 pl 3 XMS_Swap [Dec 10 2003 06:49:21] DOS version 7.10 FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.33 Oh ... I don't know. Hidden switch? :-) It's documented, not hidden (type

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 1--2004 16:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johnson Lam) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But VER /R of FreeCOM already does this! Typing VER /R gives: FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.33 JL Oh ... I don't know. Hidden switch? :-) Well known switch (and I sometime mention it):

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Johnson Lam
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 11:55:39 +0300, you wrote: Hi, It's documented, not hidden (type VER /? to see). It exists in M$ COMMAND and JPSoft's 4DOS too. Because in M$ it's a hidden switch (you get nothing by typing VER /?) And I didn't notice it's embedded in FreeCOM. I try to read the FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Alain
But VER /R of FreeCOM already does this! Typing VER /R gives: FreeCom version 0.82 pl 3 XMS_Swap [Dec 10 2003 06:49:21] DOS version 7.10 FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.33 Ok, but: 1) never dreamed of typing VER /R or VER /? _this extended version should be the dafault_ 2) Kernel version only by

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Alain schreef: Ok, but: 1) never dreamed of typing VER /R or VER /? _this extended version should be the dafault_ that may be not so compatible to batchfiles etc. VER /R is an ancient trick. 2) Kernel version only by numbers is not enough, there are too many variants that show only in the

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Alain
Bernd Blaauw escreveu: 1) never dreamed of typing VER /R or VER /? _this extended version should be the dafault_ that may be not so compatible to batchfiles etc. VER /R is an ancient trick. This will *not* be incompatible because this is just a text output. only difference in that it is a

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 1--2004 20:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luchezar Georgiev) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: LG Adding *strings* just for information purposes in the precious resident LG space is a bad idea. Lucho, you blindly skip all my mentions about os_release. :( I mention this variable (and subfunction 0xFF)

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Bart Oldeman
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Arkady V.Belousov wrote: 1-áÐÒ-2004 20:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luchezar Georgiev) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: LG Adding *strings* just for information purposes in the precious resident LG space is a bad idea. Lucho, you blindly skip all my mentions about os_release.

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Bart Oldeman
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Arkady V.Belousov wrote: PS: Why you not answer for previous time? because at this point it seems to interest more people than just you. I just cannot answer every question, or I wouldn't have any social life left... PPS: Do you report bugs in RBIL (eg, D-216C00) to Ralf?

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 2--2004 00:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bart Oldeman) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PPS: Do you report bugs in RBIL (eg, D-216C00) to Ralf? BO not the one in 216c00 -- I won't spend any effort on this anymore since BO there hasn't been a release for almost 4 years now. BO I did about the confusing

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 15:39:22 -0300, Alain wrote: There is also one other for DR-DOS and something (which I don't know) for Datalife-ROM-DOS. Right. I posted the ROM-DOS one at the kernel mailing list last year. But specificaly for FreeDOS it is not enough because there are far too many

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-04-01 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
I move this discussion to the place where it belongs - the kernel mailing list. On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 21:46:29 +0100 (BST), Bart Oldeman wrote: This string can't be removed -- it's part of RBIL: D-2133FF- INT 21 - FreeDOS - GET DOS-C/FREEDOS KERNEL RELEASE

[Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-03-31 Thread Alain
Johnson Lam escreveu: I've an idea, as the official MEM of FreeDOS, is it good to include the FreeCOM and Kernel information also? I got a bit annoy because when I want to check Kernel version I have to reboot, and I don't prefer to have another tool just check for Kernel and FreeCOM. I wrote

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-03-31 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 1--2004 00:56 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alain) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A I wrote some time ago a small program to show FreeDOS kernel version. A It really should be part of Freecom ;-) Agreed, VER/R. --- This SF.Net email is

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-03-31 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 1--2004 13:41 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johnson Lam) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: JL IMO, there're too many programs, if MEM can have similar function (or JL Or improve FreeCOM's VER to show Kernel version also. I think, improve VER is a better way, than MEM. :)

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-03-31 Thread Luchezar Georgiev
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 13:41:33 +0800, Johnson Lam wrote: Or improve FreeCOM's VER to show Kernel version also. But VER /R of FreeCOM already does this! Typing VER /R gives: FreeCom version 0.82 pl 3 XMS_Swap [Dec 10 2003 06:49:21] DOS version 7.10 FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.33 Lucho

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel version

2004-03-31 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 1--2004 10:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luchezar Georgiev) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: LG But VER /R of FreeCOM already does this! Typing VER /R gives: FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.33 __O\_/_\_/O__ /* Get DOS-C release string pointer