Message-Id:	<s4950a45.078@calderauk.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 1997 10:45:06 +0000
From:	Matthias Paul <MPaul AT calderauk DOT com>
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: OD7.02B - Should I upgrade to it?
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>Any significant problems occuring in this beta release?
No, but if you have problems after the update, please try:

- YEAR2000=OFF (for problems with QEMM, SCSI drivers, NICs and
  setups, virus checkers).
- SWITCHES=/L (if your batchjobs or applications do not correctly 
  retrieve the environment, and you have used CONFIG.SYS SET= before)
- SWITCHES=/Q and SCROLLOCK=off (maybe COMMAND /F) for 
  autark systems, that need to reboot without user interaction.

Two kinds of incompatibilities are known:

- QEMM s DOS-UP does not work with COD 7.02 due to the new 
  FILESHIGH/FCBSHIGH commands. COD 7.02 s memory layout of
  handles had to slightly change internally to workaround bugs in 
  Windows 3.xx  (This is no problem for MS-DOS, since it cannot 
  loadhigh handles).  Probably there will be a patch to re-enable DOS-UP,
  which in the same turn disables Windows in conjunction with FILESHIGH.
  At the moment, just use OpenDOS  loadhigh options instead.
- Problems with the changed kernel version number, if utilities are hard-wired
  to Novell DOS 7. There is a patch to set back the BDOS version (just
  change IBMDOS.COM file offset +0Ah from 72h to 72h), but this will
  break the SHARE that ships with COD 7.02.

Please report any such problem to Caldera <dosbeta AT calderauk DOT com>,
but also contact your dealer for an update of the software you re using.

Matthias



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