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Bootable lDebug vs Debug/X variant DebugB (Developers)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 08.11.2022, 08:46

> I wrote an article over on my tech blog, comparing the recent FreeDOS
> Debug's DebugB for boot mode operation to the capabilities of my debugger
> when boot loaded.

Cool!

However, don't you agree that your eagerness to compare YOUR debugger with Debug/X's DebugB variant - which is WIP - is a bit exaggerated?

About the name: that "FreeDOS" prefix is an invention of yours. I admit the github name "DOS-debug" is rather dull ( I would prefer "Debug/X" as name, but I'm unsure if that would be accepted ). In any case, FreeDOS isn't even mentioned in the Debug/X documents - and the DebugB variant is totally unknown to FreeDOS, so to say.

About DebugB: there's no intention on my side to make the installation too smooth. I can confirm that DebugB works. After all, the handful of people that might be interested in this tool ( I mean, REALLY interested, not counting the ones who are just bored and are looking for a new toy to play with ) will surely find out how to handle it, based on the documentation that is actually provided.

DebugB might just be an intermediate step to a little ring0-debugger, being able to intrude into Jemm's context - or, more advanced, intruding into VCPI clients like HDPMI - without having to adjust Jemm/HDPMI.

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MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• Bootable lDebug vs FreeDOS DebugB - ecm, 07.11.2022, 21:17 (Developers)
  • Bootable lDebug vs FreeDOS DebugB - boeckmann, 07.11.2022, 22:17
    • Bootable lDebug vs FreeDOS DebugB - ecm, 07.11.2022, 23:36
  • Bootable lDebug vs Debug/X variant DebugB - Japheth, 08.11.2022, 08:46
    • Bootable lDebug vs Debug/X variant DebugB - ecm, 08.11.2022, 09:57
    • Bootable lDebug vs Debug/X variant DebugB - Japheth, 12.11.2022, 16:04