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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

sindi keesan wrote:

> >> Can I use gcc-2.95.3 to compile a later gcc?
>
> Can I download and compile only the gcc-g++ part?  Or does the core
> contain files needed for g++?

You need both core and g++. core includes cpp, which g++ needs.
There is also some other functionality in core which g++ needs. I
don't recall what that is at the moment.

> > You need no FreeDOS disk image... if you already have a DOS
> > bootdisk, you can use that.
>
> Could I somehow copy over the FreeDOS already in use with dosemu?

Can dosemu format arbitrary files? If so, you can use that to make
a bootdisk image.

> Would someone (you?) running bochs please let me know if it will display
> upper ascii characters (alt-128 to alt-255) and work in framebuffer mode?

It will display the upper ascii characters. It can do basically anything that
a VGA graphics card can do, including bold, font loading, mode changing,
underline, etc.

What do you mean by "work in framebuffer mode?" You need X to use
bochs, unless you want to try to use DOS through a serial port.

David