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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 04:59:19 +0100
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
From: JP Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: DR-Dos updates

At 21:33 28/08/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Ok I got the updates, in them there is a new IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM
>(the boot files) how do I install these two? I can just copy them to my
>DR-DOS directory, overwriting the old ones, then how do I get them into
>the boot sector where they belong? Can I just sys a floppy after
>placeing the new files on my HDD then re-sys the HDD?

The DRDOS bootstrap actually scans the FAT and looks for the kernel files.
They don't have to be in a particular sector, so if you just copy them into
the root directory, that will work.

>
>Thanks, Bob
>
>

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