Hi Johnson, talking about testing-in-emulation... > Maybe also explained why there's no DOS client can mount > a linux or SAMBA client.
There are LTOOLS. Works like MTOOLS: Special programs, which are like copy, dir, ..., but which can use Linux "drive letters". For Samba, I guess there is only MSCLIENT for now. > Too much PC waiting to test, the old and the new one usually not so > compatible, but sadly, not many people have several PC around. Yes, especially for FORMAT, it always helps if people offer to test on their PCs. For example I only have a boring 1.44 MB drive and Linux, so for other floppy types and Win compatibility, I cannot test myself. > But the free DEFRAG still far from stable, CHKDSK less stable than > DOSFSCK. [about processing 1680k disks] I think DEFRAG / CHKDSK stability is okay, but it is simply too picky. DOSFSCK just wants a *consistent* format, while DEFRAG / CHKDSK want a format on the *list* of known good floppy geometries. > IMO, it's for "Research only". Retriving part of the code and analyze > is acceptable under the condition of "not reverse engineering or > modifying the code"... It is probably even okay to reverse engineer as long as it is needed to get interoperability (fix compatibility bugs). But I just wanted to mention the remote possibility that people could complain about making a mem (and ROM) dump completely public, because it could be used for other things than needed compatibility fixing. This is why I suggested to reveal the URL only to those who want to look at the connection between EMM386 and ROM troubles. Not that I think that any BIOS vendor would REALLY care about such things at all. Eric ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
