DOS ain't dead - Please download this and confirm 6 bugs

Please download this and confirm 6 bugs (Announce)

posted by rr , Berlin, Germany, 15.01.2009, 22:10

> Please download my image, it securely fails both on my real PC and inside
> BOCHS: http://freefile.kristopherw.us/uploads/temp/q.zip

Even in VMware. :-P

> 1.
>
> boot up
> CD B
> BIEW \WDE.COM
> -> crash + 2 DJ files :crying:

This seems to be a little complicated. It could be a FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOM, DJGPP RTL, or BIEW problem.

BIEW uses popen() to scan for NASM/YASM. I'm not sure this call is fully supported in DJGPP. At least in djdev204 it's broken (but fixed in CVS) according to Juan Manuel Guerrero. But in general pointing SHELL/COMSPEC to another binary should work. So it could also be a FreeDOS bug. Eric Auer is probably interested in this.

Maybe we should invite all those people to become members of this forum. ;-)

Work around:
0) remove read-only attribute from floppy image file
1) delete your homebrewn COMMAND.COM
2) rename FREECOM.COM to COMMAND.COM
3) change FDCONFIG.SYS accordingly

> 2.
>
> boot up
> CD B
> SET TEMP=
> BIEW \WDE.COM
> -> no crash anymore but still 2 DJ files + silly activity, see shot
> :crying:

Related to "1.", because BIEW tries to execute, e.g., "[n|y]asm -s --version 2>NUL" for [N|Y]ASM detection. This requires a temporary file for redirection.

"2>NUL" is probably another BIEW bug, because COMMAND.COM doesn't support this syntax to redirect STDERR.

> 3. * Workaround for output of external assembler.
>
> Done, but seems not to work. RTFS: var is being set to true on 2 places,
> but nowhere to false ??? :crying:

Yes, this looks wrong. Please report it to Nick!

> 4. Move the BIEW files from "B" to main with FreeDOS MOVE ... oops,
> doesn't work

Moving works fine here after changing floppy image format to 2.88M.

> 5. Move the BIEW files from "B" to main with something else and start it
> from main -> failure, "fi_syser.$$$" :crying:

BIEW loads fine. I moved those files using Volkov Commander.

> 6. [minor] RTFS: "fi_syserr.$$$" is mentioned 2 times, one with 2
> r's and one with only 1 r

The one with two Rs exceeds DOS 8.3. Please report this to Nick!

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