DOS ain't dead - FreeDOS a bad DOS?

FreeDOS a bad DOS? (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 20.12.2007, 12:36

> Please throw away FreeDOS! :-D

I recently implemented support for direct drive access in HX. That is, the NT way for drive access (CreateFile("\\.\X:",...) is translated into a call of int 21h, ax=7305h. FreeDOS is the only DOS which works reliably with both HDs and FDs. MS-DOS v7.1 has a bug and (often/always?) reads wrong sectors if the drive is a FD (or FAT16? - not tested yet). No error is returned. So in this regard FreeDOS is the best DOS.

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MS-DOS forever!

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Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 18.12.2007, 17:01 (Announce)
- Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 00:05
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 00:55
    - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 01:39
      - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 01:52
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 02:36
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - Japheth, 19.12.2007, 03:04
        GVFM -- Windows detection - Rugxulo, 19.12.2007, 03:16
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 03:31
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - Japheth, 19.12.2007, 11:02
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 03:46
        Windaube :-((( - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 04:01
        Windaube :-((( - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 04:24
        Windaube / HDPMI=??? / GVFM - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 20:54
        Windaube / HDPMI=??? / GVFM - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 22:40
        "A" bug / BP7 / screenshots - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 23:41
        "A" bug / BP7 / screenshots - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 01:09
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - DOS386, 20.12.2007, 01:37
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - Laaca, 20.12.2007, 11:16
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 11:57
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 18:24
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 12:23
        FreeDOS a bad DOS? - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 12:36
        "A" bug / BP7 / screenshots - Laaca, 20.12.2007, 09:56
        "A" bug / BP7 / screenshots - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 11:53
        GVFM source - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 12:03
        GVFM source - rr, 20.12.2007, 17:27
        GVFM source - Laaca, 20.12.2007, 21:49
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 20.12.2007, 23:16
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 01:05
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 02:55
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 11:35
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:53
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 21.12.2007, 23:13
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 23:37
        Updating kernel - Laaca, 22.12.2007, 10:25
        Updating kernel - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 14:27
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 22.12.2007, 14:48
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 23:24
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS -- drive A: bug?? - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 14:22
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 01:22
    - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 01:45
      - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 03:01
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 02:49
    - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 03:42
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 12:24
    - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 13:08
      - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 13:51
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 14:33
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 15:39
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 15:52
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 18:01
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 19:51
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 20:20
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 13:34
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 13:50
- Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 (under DOSBox) - Rugxulo, 19.12.2007, 02:53
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 (under DOSBox) - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 03:19