On 21/10/2015 02:32, Mercury Thirteen wrote: > Since the link Mateusz provided is complete and current, all one would > have to do is download all the package ZIPs and mesh them to the > installer, correct?
That's correct. No need even to download each package separately, just grab the all_cd.iso image. Everything is there, including a boot diskette I created that only waits for an installer to be added. That's what I tried to suggest a few times during past months when you started with the intentions of repackaging everything, but apparently I wasn't clear enough about this. As Eric said in parallel - this won't solve in any ultimate way the 8086 "problem", since most 8086 are unlikely to have a CD. But again, my (very personal) opinion is that doing a full blown packager/installer/distro for such machines is overkill. Just boot from a floppy, sys the disk, copy files and that's it. That's actually the reason I created the svarog86 "distribution" a few months ago, so I could enjoy FreeDOS on my own 8086 (which I reverted back to IBM DOS 3.3 later because FreeDOS ended up being too much of a memory hog to be useful on such machine, but that's another story). http://svarog86.sourceforge.net/ Mateusz > On 10/20/2015 3:32 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: >>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 3:26 PM, Mateusz Viste <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 20/10/2015 20:29, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: >>>> At present, I know very little about the FDNPKG. However, I thought it >>>> was 32-bit+ only. >>> The tool itself - yes. The package base is just that - a package base >>> with software. >>> >>> Here are all the repos: >>> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/ >> Are these the latest versions? >> >>> And the "all_cd.iso" file present at the above link is an ISO CD with >>> everything already, it "only" needs an installer before we can call it >>> FreeDOS 1.2. >>> >>>> I do know that the new version needs to support 16bit >>>> legacy systems. >>> The installer certainly do. FDNPKG being 16bit sure would be "cool", but >>> I don't see it happening any time soon. I might do some ultra-light >>> 16bit version at some point, that would support only installation from a >>> zip file (ie. without any network support, no repository support etc). >>> Such version could then be used by installers that do not want to >>> reimplement package format support.. >>> >>> >>> Mateusz >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> On 20/10/2015 16:44, Jerome Shidel wrote: >>>>>>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Mercury Thirteen <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Greetings! My apologies for not answering sooner, but I was slated to >>>>>>> assemble the new release. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If we are not in a hurry, I will continue to do so as planned. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If we want this sooner than later, I will gladly transfer this to >>>>>>> another person as my free time is slim due to family and work, and I do >>>>>>> not wish to unnecessarily delay the release date when someone with fewer >>>>>>> pressing responsibilities is able and willing to do the work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'd be glad to hear some constructive feedback on this. >>>>>>> >>>>>> I'd be more than happy to not have to assemble it. If I must do it, >>>>>> release time will range from late 11/15 to mid to late 2016. Mostly, >>>>>> this is due to my "work" week being on average 80+ hours and other >>>>>> commitments. With "free" time coming in small to large chunks. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 10/20/2015 9:21 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: >>>>>>>> I don’t see any volunteers for assembling the next release of FreeDOS. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, as my limited free time permits this is my roadmap. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Complete version 1.0 of V8Power Tools. >>>>>>>> https://github.com/LoopZ/V8Power <https://github.com/LoopZ/V8Power> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Implement items remaining on FDI Roadmap. >>>>>>>> https://github.com/shidel/FDI <https://github.com/shidel/FDI> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Begin work on assembling packages for FreeDOS 1.2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
