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FDK build 2041, >512B sector support preparations (Announce)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 20.02.2012, 23:37

> * r1702 improve handling for sectors not 512 bytes in size
> (up to 2048 bytes, larger sizes not yet working)
>
> Seems like minor changes except the support for 2048 sectors? Where is it
> used?

As I commented in another mail to that list, the 1702 changes were effectively reversed by 1704, which for some reason isn't noted in that log. 1704 changed the maximum supported sector size back to 512 but left the other preparations done by 1702 (more complicated macro usage, etc) in place.

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Complete thread:

• FreeDOS 1.1 is released! - Rugxulo, 05.01.2012, 08:42 (Announce)
  • FreeDOS 1.1 is released | KERNEL 2041 released 2012-02-07 - DOS386, 19.02.2012, 11:54
    • FreeDOS 1.1 is released | KERNEL 2041 released 2012-02-07 - RayeR, 19.02.2012, 17:39
      • FreeDOS 1.1 is released | KERNEL 2041 released 2012-02-07 - Rugxulo, 19.02.2012, 20:42
        • FreeDOS 1.1 is released | KERNEL 2041 released 2012-02-07 - RayeR, 20.02.2012, 04:56
          • FDK build 2041, >512B sector support preparations - ecm, 20.02.2012, 23:45
            • FDK build 2041, >512B sector support preparations - RayeR, 21.02.2012, 06:09
              • FDK build 2041, >512B sector support preparations - ecm, 21.02.2012, 06:15
          • FreeDOS 1.1 is released | KERNEL 2041 released 2012-02-07 - mbbrutman, 22.02.2012, 04:10
            • FreeDOS 1.1 is released | KERNEL 2041 released 2012-02-07 - ecm, 22.02.2012, 22:43
              • FreeDOS 1.1 is released | KERNEL 2041 released 2012-02-07 - mbbrutman, 23.02.2012, 05:26
        • Pete Batard Rufus(Reliable USB Formatting Utility with Src) - Arjay, 14.10.2012, 12:16
      • FDK build 2041, >512B sector support preparations - ecm, 20.02.2012, 23:37