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Message-ID: <366E1902.635A@sprintmail.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 22:30:26 -0800
From: Richard Kanarek <rkanarek AT sprintmail DOT com>
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To: opendos-support AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Why does my OpenDOS floppy contain MSDOS 7?
Reply-To: opendos-support AT delorie DOT com

Howdy!

I've been doing a bit of upgrading. As a (small) part of my efforts, I
reformated my HD's with the intent of installing OpenDOS (I purchased a
copy of OpenDOS 7.01 which came with both a CD & a floppy disk). When I
attempted to FDISK my HD, I was surprised to receive an "incorrect
version" message from FDISK. A little investigating turned up:

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Caldera OpenDOS 7.01
Copyright (c) 1976, 1997 Caldera, Inc. 
All rights reserved.

C:\TEMP>debug
-nfdisk.exe
-l

84B9:9410  4D 53 20 52 75 6E 2D 54-69 6D 65 20 4C 69 62 72   MS Run-Time
Libr
84B9:9420  61 72 79 20 2D 20 43 6F-70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20   ary -
Copyright 
84B9:9430  28 63 29 20 31 39 39 32-2C 20 4D 69 63 72 6F 73   (c) 1992,
Micros
84B9:9440  6F 66 74 20 43 6F 72 70-1A 00 25 34 2E 30 64 00   oft
Corp..%4.0d.

84B9:A380  4E 47 3D 4C 41 4E 47 53-50 45 43 3D 0E 00 B2 00  
NG=LANGSPEC=....
84B9:A390  1A 42 B0 4D 53 2D 44 4F-53 20 56 65 72 73 69 6F   .B.MS-DOS
Versio
84B9:A3A0  6E 20 37 20 28 43 29 43-6F 70 79 72 69 67 68 74   n 7
(C)Copyright
84B9:A3B0  20 31 39 38 31 2D 31 39-39 35 20 4D 69 63 72 6F    1981-1995
Micro
84B9:A3C0  73 6F 66 74 20 43 6F 72-70 20 4C 69 63 65 6E 73   soft Corp
Licens
84B9:A3D0  65 64 20 4D 61 74 65 72-69 61 6C 20 2D 20 50 72   ed Material
- Pr
84B9:A3E0  6F 70 65 72 74 79 20 6F-66 20 4D 69 63 72 6F 73   operty of
Micros
84B9:A3F0  6F 66 74 20 41 6C 6C 20-72 69 67 68 74 73 20 72   oft All
rights r
84B9:A400  65 73 65 72 76 65 64 20-50 53 52 06 57 B8 00 51   eserved
PSR.W..Q

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Likewise for command.com. Did someone make a bo-bo?



Cordially,
Richard Kanarek

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