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Originally to: Kevin Klement Hello Kevin! 28 Oct 09 14:44, Kevin Klement wrote to Mike Tripp: KK> Thats exactly what I did, in my OEM version there is a file called KK> "packing.lst" that has all the compressed uncompressed file names, I KK> edited that with "expand.exe" and made a batch out of it, then a batch KK> file with "del.exe" to kill the compressed files. Worked great! Been there and done that, too...but couldn't suggest it without a handy reference to verify if PACKING.LST was to be found in 6.22. In the process of searching, I discovered my current running install is still 6.20, and that I would have to remake the 6.22 floppies to check (which is probably also why I never bothered with 6.20->6.22 after a reinstall)... Also, I don't recall if the install even transfers PACKING.LST to the DOS dir... Did it? >> Hopefully this is an academic exercise, or are you still >> trying to get your installation working? KK> I expanded everything weeks ago :) Expected as much, but was starting to worry about you.<G> KK> Bought a OEM version from ebay for $40.00 too, it was easyer just KK> copying the files from the floppies to the MS-DOS box. Interesting...I thought OEM-logo had reverted back to Microsoft-logo only again by 6.22. It's really hard to remember as it was an interesting time in MS history. At the transition point between DOS and Windows, they did a lot of things like they'd never done it before (or since). Being at Dell and tinkering with additional pre-release versions, I also was exposed to quite a few more versions that never saw the light-of-day in release. And then something happened in the 80's that seems to have affected my recall abilities for that specific decade...but I can't remember what.<g&w> .\\ike
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