cs481121@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs481121) (12/18/90)
Hi. Is anyone out there using 4DOS with 3+OPEN? Just as the 4DOS
manual stated, when I try to execute the LOGON program my machine
hangs. The 4DOS manual suggests using NET LOGON followed by a LOGIN
but unfortunately this does not work. I've tried running LOGON under
COMMAND.COM by using COMMAND /C LOGON but the machine still hangs.
The only thing that seems to work is the "last resort" mentioned in
the manual (i.e. boot up with COMMAND.COM, run LOGON, and then load
4DOS with the cost of an additional 4-5K of memory). Yes, this works
but I'd like to know if anyone has discovered a better solution. If
it helps, I'm using 4DOS version 3.01A. Thanks!
Mike Reese -- U.S. Army Information Systems Command
Please send mail to: ARPANET - MZR@DETRICK-HSC.ARMY.MIL (26.6.0.54)
REESEM@DETRICK-EMH1.ARMY.MIL (26.5.0.54)jaffe@jaffe.mc.ab.com (Bruce Jaffe (ext 3581)) (03/13/91)
There's been so much talk about 4DOS lately, I thought I'd give it a try. On firing it up I received the somewhat scary message "Warning !! - the file c:\4dos.com has been modified." The system proceeds to come up in a usable state when I press Enter. What is the significance of this message. Do I have a corrupt copy of 4DOS? I am using the files 4dos302.zip and 4dos302u.zip from the garbo mailserver. Has anyone else noticed this problem?
ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims) (03/16/91)
jaffe@jaffe.mc.ab.com (Bruce Jaffe (ext 3581)) writes: > There's been so much talk about 4DOS lately, I thought I'd give it a try. > On firing it up I received the somewhat scary message "Warning !! - the > file c:\4dos.com has been modified." The system proceeds to come up in a > usable state when I press Enter. It would be 'scary' to me, too. Look around for something that might have patched whatever's defined in COMSPEC. Try running a virus scanner and see what gives. -- halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu The 23:00 News and Mail Service - +1 206 292 9048 - Seattle, WA USA +++ A Waffle Iron, Model 1.64 +++
esaholm@polaris.utu.fi (Esa Holmberg) (03/16/91)
jaffe@jaffe.mc.ab.com (Bruce Jaffe (ext 3581)) writes: >On firing it up I received the somewhat scary message "Warning !! - the >file c:\4dos.com has been modified." The system proceeds to come up in a >usable state when I press Enter. I bet you are usinf the F-OSCHK which is a part of the F-PROT virus removal package. F-OSCHK is the one which calculates checksums for certain stuff, one of which is the command interpreter. When you chang it and forget to update the checksum, you get that message. Nothing to be scared of, just update the checksum.. How do I know? Khrm.. it did happen once to me, too.. :-) -- _____________________________________________________________ ) Esa Holmberg, esaholm@utu.fi, esa.holmberg/o=ttl/@elisa.fi ) / Elisa : Holmberg Esa TTL fax : (921) 510 017 / +------------------------------------------------------------+