Hi Alain,

> I am not sure which version I have, it is the one I translated an then
> lost the sources (when I was robbed). I will test with a later one.
> Where should I get the latest (binary) from?

I still suggest to extract the translation from your binary...

Kernel and FreeCOM command.com downloads are here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5109 has
the old stable version, and the new one is on
www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/pkgs/
commands and commandx zip :-). There are also 2036-stable kernels and
2037-testing kernels in pkgs/ but maybe with unexpected filenames ;-).

> Sorry, my quation was misleading. I know about svn (I am starting to use
> it). My quaetion was about it being a new kernel version or not. Will
> you compile a new binary soon? (or is there a binary available)

Uhhmmm... Well I have planned to contribute some patches, but it
looks as if I have less time than wanted. So for now, Bart has
added some patches to the CVS/SVN, and his/CVS/SVN sources are
therefore the newest kernel you can get. The one on
www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/ is a bit older.

I can also publish my list of PLANNED patches - maybe somebody
else has the time to write them :-). Most are relatively small
and hopefully reasonably easy to write.

> BTW, would it take too much setup time
> if I want to compile my own kernel?

Not really. Especially if you have OpenWatcom, for which
the kernel is currently optimized. I often compiled with
Turbo C 2.01 in the past, too. You will also need a normal
DOS system, preferrably FreeDOS with FreeCOM, and NASM and
UPX but not much else to compile the kernel. You have to
edit some config.b file and rename it to batch, not much
else needed. You should install your compiler into short-
named directories like c:/tc/ or c:/watcom/ to make sure
that all command lines are short enough.

Eric



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