From: Sean Proctor <sproctor AT ccs DOT neu DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: MS DOS 6.22 UPGRADE
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Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 03:05:38 GMT
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 04:57:55 +0600 (LKT), Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel
<kalum AT lintux DOT cx> wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, The awesome and feared Prashant TR commented thusly,
>
>> > > I simply want to state that:
>> > > I APPLAUD ANYONE STILL USING msDOS 6.22 !!
>> > > 
>> > Thank you... :)
>> > You're completely right about it. Just think about the MS-DOS 7 which
>> > insists on loading things like HIMEM, DBLBUFF, SETVER etc.
>> 
>> No, you're mistaken. MS-DOS 7 *does not* force you to load any of
>> these drivers. It happens only if you go to Windows.
>
>This is certainly wrong, it certainly loads all that crap by default even
>if you select "command line" as the boot up option..for example it loads
>dblbuffer.sys despite me having a brand new IDE HDD drive..!?
>
>You can change that by adding DOS=NOAUTO to the CONFIG.SYS  file.
>
>Enjoy!
>Grendel
>
>Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me spread
>:)

I used PC DOS 7... maybe I'm mistaken, it was like 5 years ago, but I
don't believe that loaded these things by default.  I've never even
seen MS-DOS 7 packaged by itself...  maybe it didn't like my hard
drive... but dr dos 7 wouldn't install.. if anyone has some tips on
installing it manually, please, let me know!

Sean