From: "Tim Bird" <tbird AT caldera DOT com>
Message-Id: <9703261120.ZM3398@caldera.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:20:23 -0700
In-Reply-To: jruby@pressenter.com
        "running opendos with win 95" (Mar 25, 11:08pm)
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: running opendos with win 95
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jruby AT pressenter DOT com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possable to install open dos on a machine running win 95?
> If so, how well will it get along with win 95?

Not well.  Win95 is more closely "knit" with MSDOS 7.0 than was
Windows 3.1 with earlier MSDOS versions.  I believe it is possible
to dual boot them, but I think it is not possible (at the moment)
to boot Win95 on top of OpenDOS.  I haven't set up dual booting
for Windows 95 (I have for Linux) but I understand that Win95 "resists" it.
Also, OpenDOS will not recognize or use long filenames.  Under OpenDOS,
you will just see mangled directories and filename for anything longer
than 8.3.

Tim Bird