friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) (08/20/85)
I have recently purchased MS-DOS 3.0 from Compaq and I have a
couple of questions. First, how can I tell if my copy already has the
backup/restore bug patched or not? I have made a couple of trial
backup - restore sequences with full success, is this a sufficient
demonstration of correctness, or is the bug intermittent?
Second, the format utility that came with it has a strange
bug. After it finishes formatting a diskette it hangs the system,
forcing me to reboot. Luckily, I still have the DOS 2.1 disk that
came with my system and copied the format utility off of it, and it
works. It is also about 25% smaller, so I suspect it is lacking
something the newer version has. Anyone have any ideas on this?
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Sarima (Stanley Friesen)
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or {ttdica|quad1|bellcore|scgvaxd}!psivax!friesenslerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner) (08/25/85)
> > Second, the format utility that came with it has a strange > bug. After it finishes formatting a diskette it hangs the system, > forcing me to reboot. Luckily, I still have the DOS 2.1 disk that > came with my system and copied the format utility off of it, and it > works. It is also about 25% smaller, so I suspect it is lacking > something the newer version has. Anyone have any ideas on this? > -- > If your format crashes, I suggest you send your disks back, most likely they were damaged in shippment. RE: DOS 3 format vs dos 2 - Support for 16 bit fats on hard disks may have something to do with added size,,,also, Compaq most likely does the same as IBM - makes one HUGE program (or OS for that matter) that will run on all of their machines (generally via test&branch on ROM ID)..so it is a little slower and a LOT bigger, but is easier on the inventory control program :-) -- Opinions expressed are public domain, and do not belong to Lotus Development Corp. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner {genrad|ihnp4|ima}!wjh12!talcott!sesame!slerner {cbosgd|harvard}!talcott!sesame!slerner slerner%sesame@harvard.ARPA