wordproc@ucf-cs.UCF.EDU (wordproc) (11/23/89)
I have a very large file on my MSDOS 4.01 machine that I need to copy onto
360K diskettes and transfer onto an MSDOS 3.3 machine.
The file is an .EXE file of about a megabyte in length and is a self-extracting
archive created with PAK.
Naturally, I cannot use 4.01's BACKUP/RESTORE to copy the file over several
disks because 4.01's RESTORE will give an "incorrect DOS version" error when
I try to restore the file to the MSDOS 3.3 machine's hard disk. I presume
that using MSDOS 3.3's BACKUP/RESTORE will fail for the same or similar
reason.
Upgrading the 3.3 machine to 4.01 is not an option, unfortunately.
What other utility could I use that won't take the DOS version into account?
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____________________________________________________________/dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch) (11/23/89)
In article <1380@ucf-cs.UCF.EDU> wordproc@ucf-cs.UCF.EDU (wordproc) writes: >Naturally, I cannot use 4.01's BACKUP/RESTORE to copy the file over several >disks because 4.01's RESTORE will give an "incorrect DOS version" error when >I try to restore the file to the MSDOS 3.3 machine's hard disk. I presume >that using MSDOS 3.3's BACKUP/RESTORE will fail for the same or similar >reason. Why not just boot the 3.3 machine from a 4.01 floppy, and use 4.01's restore there? You needn't install 4.01 on the disk to be able to run it. Duncan Murdoch