Well, in the case of Windows, all of the work is part of the system dlls, so yes, in ReactOS, all a chkdsk needs to do is call those dlls, which doesn't take much code.
On 9/5/06, Aitor Santamaría <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Easy: just for going to the extreme, write a DOS API extension > function that checks the drive passed as argument in BX. ;-) > Anyway, I am of Eric's opinion: you cannot write a complete, good > CHKDSK code in that few lines. > > Aitor > > > 2006/9/5, Imre Leber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Well i am still kind of im(/de)pressed that FreeDOS chkdsk has some 300000 > lines of code and that a chkdsk in reactos takes only about 100 lines. > > > > Imre > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Eric Auer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 12:56 PM > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS > > > > > > > > >Hi Imre, > > > > > >nobody would complain if DEFRAG needed a 386 and XMS > > >to do defragging on FAT32... Ever seen a FAT32 drive > > >in a PC-XT...? And about Wine for DOS: Okay, with > > >HXRT, you can even run some Windows programs in DOS, > > >but if you have reasonably new hardware, you can > > >equally well use ReactOS or Linux/Wine for that... > > >DOS should rather be used for what DOS is good at :-). > > > > > >Eric > > > > > >> They are wrong about reactos though. > > >> Building FreeDOS is WAY more difficult then building reactos. We had > > >> to defragment 80Gb on 8086 with 256 kb RAM. > > >> In reactos there is LOTS of memory and a very high code reuse. > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > > >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > > >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Freedos-devel mailing list > > >[email protected] > > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
