Re: [Svardos-users] Creating a new package version for DOSZIP (LFN issue)

On 11/02/2022 22:26, Robert Riebisch via Svardos-users wrote: There is , but it would be hard (impossible?) to port to 8086 code, because of limited and segmented memory. I built Lzip for DOS using DJGPP some years ago, but that's a different, because 386+,

Re: [Svardos-users] Translating SvarDOS Help

Hi Mateusz, >> But why cp850? It least for German, you put cp858 to config.sys. > > Fixed now. :-) Already found and checked out. >> And you already started translation. ;-) (HILFESYSTEM) > > Yes, that's the maximum I can do in this language (and I have been > heavily assisted by google). I a

Re: [Svardos-users] Translating SvarDOS Help

On 12/02/2022 16:16, Robert Riebisch via Svardos-users wrote: But why cp850? It least for German, you put cp858 to config.sys. Fixed now. And you already started translation. ;-) (HILFESYSTEM) Yes, that's the maximum I can do in this language (and I have been heavily assisted by google). I

Re: [Svardos-users] ISO version "marker file"

On 12/02/2022 16:04, Robert Riebisch via Svardos-users wrote: Could anything that C:\TEMP\POSTINST.BAT does, write to stderr? Actually, yes. SvarCOM logs DOS errors to stderr (like disk write error etc). So any of these commands could emit a DOS error to stderr (which won't land in the log fi

Re: [Svardos-users] Translating SvarDOS Help

Hi Mateusz, >> I'd like to start translating the SvarDOS Help to German, although it's >> still sparse as we know. > > That's an ambitious task (on the long term). Good luck! I only said, that I will *start*. ;-) I didn't say anything about finishing or later involvement. Thanks! :-) >> I don'

Re: [Svardos-users] ISO version "marker file"

On 12/02/2022 15:53, Robert Riebisch via Svardos-users wrote: script outputs everything to screen, which is useless because most of the information is lost anyway due to scrolling. If possible, use "tee". So it's on the screen for the user AND in the log file for "debugging". Over-thinking th

Re: [Svardos-users] ISO version "marker file"

Hi Mateusz, >> If you still think, the cluster would be wasted, you could write a >> complete install log to that file. After formatting C:, of course. > > That's actually a good idea, which would bring much more added value > than just storing a build date. And it's relatively easy to do: just

Re: [Svardos-users] Translating SvarDOS Help

On 12/02/2022 15:26, Robert Riebisch via Svardos-users wrote: I'd like to start translating the SvarDOS Help to German, although it's still sparse as we know. That's an ambitious task (on the long term). Good luck! I don't expect any code page problems, because existing English help files don

Re: [Svardos-users] ISO version "marker file"

Hi Mateusz, >> Okay. How would you like to achieve this result? > > Good point. I was initially thinking about INT 21/AX=5701h, but now I > see that this call supports only files, not directories. This makes the > entire idea immediately more complex. It's not, that nobody didn't try it before

Re: [Svardos-users] ISO version "marker file"

On 12/02/2022 15:17, Robert Riebisch via Svardos-users wrote: Okay. How would you like to achieve this result? Good point. I was initially thinking about INT 21/AX=5701h, but now I see that this call supports only files, not directories. This makes the entire idea immediately more complex.

[Svardos-users] Translating SvarDOS Help

Hi Mateusz, I'd like to start translating the SvarDOS Help to German, although it's still sparse as we know. I don't expect any code page problems, because existing English help files don't use special symbols >127 ASCII. Can you please enhance "svardos/help/rebuild.sh" in a way, that it can als

Re: [Svardos-users] ISO version "marker file"

Hi Mateusz, >> I also thought about that, but: >> 1) You are about to abuse a feature, that was meant for other purposes. >> What if some users wonder why the %DOSDIR% date doesn't match the >> installation date as they would expect? > > True, but it is worth noting that such "abuse" was used bac

Re: [Svardos-users] ISO version "marker file"

On 11/02/2022 22:01, Robert Riebisch via Svardos-users wrote: I also thought about that, but: 1) You are about to abuse a feature, that was meant for other purposes. What if some users wonder why the %DOSDIR% date doesn't match the installation date as they would expect? True, but it is worth n