Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/14/10:57:35
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> OpenDos and Stacker:
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> 1) I understand that OpenDos comes with a version of the Stacker
> compression software. Currently I use Stacker version 4.0 +
> (with update) on my 60 MB ESDI disk, with PC-DOS 6.1. My question
> is if the Stacker software which ships with OpenDos is the same as my
> current Stacker v. 4.0? How do they compare? Will OpenDos allow me to
> keep and use my current Stacker or does it install its own version by
> default, and will this version try to *convert* my existing Stacker
> compressed volumes?
The version of stacker that comes with opendos is not the same. Opendos
will not install stacker by default; it will keep the version of stacker
that is already installed. (I beleive it will do the same with
doublespace and drivespace, except drivespace 3)
> 3) How would I go about installing OpenDos on a Stacker compressed
> drive, when Stacker pre-loads compression? For instance, if I boot the
> computer and intercept compression (CTRL+alt+shift), I guess OpenDos
> would not see copies of the ibmdos.com and ibmdos.sys which also
> resides on the compressed volume. Thus after installing OpenDos this
> way, I guess it would not be able to mount the compressed volume?
> If so, does this mean I should install OpenDos with the compressed
> volume mounted (with compression pre-loaded)?
ibmbio.com and ibmdos.com are installed on both the compressed drive, and
the uncompressed drive. To install opendos, boot from the hard drive and
run the setup program.
> 4) Maybe drifting off-topic, but with so much knowledge present on this
> list, I can resist asking: I have noticed several people, also on
> this list, warn against disk compression, preferring file compression -
> if any at all. Of course I would have chosen not to use disk
> compression, if only my disk was a bit larger than 60 MB.
> I guess you can say Stacker keeps up and alive. (With lots of help from
> my Iomega Zip drive :-)
I've had about as many problems with stacker, doublespace, drivespace as
without them.
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