THE FREEDOS BETA7 ("SPEARS") DISTRIBUTION ERRATA Jim Hall Jeremy Davis Updated Sept 18 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the errata file for the Beta7 distribution. I'll post any problems/updates with the Beta7 in this file. Please read this file before reporting bugs against Beta7, to make sure that you are not reporting a problem that is already known. If you find a bug in the FreeDOS Beta7, please do not email me directly. Instead, please post a bug in the FreeDOS Bugtrack database (please search for your bug first - try to avoid entering a duplicate bug.) See http://www.freedos.org/bugs/ COMMONLY MIS-IDENTIFIED AS BUGS: * Floppy access under the FreeDOS kernel is still a little slow. The installation will take longer than you may expect, and running programs from the Install Boot Floppy is slow. * The GUI disk set only includes SEAL. I didn't have enough time to include the other systems with this disk set. Sorry. * The NET disk set is not included. Rather than inflict a half-baked set into the distribution, I have decided not to include the NET. THINGS THAT ARE BROKEN: * None known at this time (other than those listed in bugtrack). * Note: Install seems to fail for some people when it gets to Sort. This is usually accompanied by directory corruption. Although the cause it not fully known at this time, it appears to be related to small partition sizes (less than 128MB). PACKAGES TO UPDATE: (get from http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/) * Due to an oversight on my part (Jeremy), Joe Cosentino's Start program was not included in the utility diskset. I apologize for this mistake. Ripcord Beta 7 H1 will include an updated utility diskset. Start may be downloaded from http://www.geocities.com/xsaintx69/freedos/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------