john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) (06/21/91)
Does anyone know the difference between the DOS 5.0 upgrade kit and the entire release ? It sounds like the upgrade kit has an automated install routine which senses a prior version and automatically installs. Does this mean you cannot install the upgrade to a freshly formatted hard disk ? Will DOS 5.0 allow you to run completely from floppy for doing low-level disk type maintenance ? There also seems to be a lot of confusion about where exactly DOS 5.0 gets its extra memory, is it from extended ? I mean I have a older 8 Mhz 80286 with 640K conventional and 384 extended... will I realize the memory gain ? I'd sure appreciate a detailed explaination from someone in the know. Thanks!! John -- John Gayman, WA3WBU | UUCP: uunet!wa3wbu!john 1869 Valley Rd. | Marysville, PA 17053 | Packet: WA3WBU @ WB3EAH
shutton@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Scott K. Hutton) (06/21/91)
act@softserver.canberra.edu.au (Andrew Turner) writes: >You cannot install the upgrade to a freshly formatted >disk unless you have sys'd it with your current version of DOS. When I ran SETUP, it generated 4 3.5" floppies, the first of which DID have the system on it. I was able to boot off of this disk. The VER command verified that it was DOS 5.00, and a MEM verified that I did have a great deal more memory available! __________________________________________________________________ | Scott K. Hutton | Internet: SHutton@UCS.Indiana.edu | | UCS Support Services | SHutton@Bronze.UCS.Indiana.edu | | Indiana University | Bitnet: SHutton@IUIS, SHutton@IUBACS | +----+------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+ | My stated opinions are not necessarily those of Indiana University | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+