Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 20:30:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nissim <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>
To: Bruce Morgen <editor AT juno DOT com>
cc: OpenDOS <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Installation Problems
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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Bruce Morgen wrote:

> >At 16:00 1997/04/20 CDT, Kenton E. Sinner wrote:
> >>After installing with the default configuration (Lite version),
> >>and rebooting the computer, I get the following message (from my 
> >memory):
> >>"Bad or missing command interpreter".  I get past this by typing:
> >>"C:\COMMAND.COM".  Also, the PATH variable is empty.  When I look in
> >>my 4dos directory, 4dos.exe is missing.
> >
> >I think you've answered your own question.  I assume that you've 
> >installed
> >4DOS into the CONFIG.SYS such that it gets started up automatically on
> >boot-up (You have SHELL=C:\...\4DOS.COM ... in your CONFIG.SYS).
> >
> >Somehow, your 4DOS.COM (It's .COM, not .EXE) has been deleted or 
> >corrupted.
> 
> "Somehow" my foot, OD's brain-
> damaged installer did the deed, 
> same thing happened here -- I 
> just replaced C:\4DOS\4DOS.COM 
> from backup and all was well.  
> The previous 4DOS.COM was just 
> deleted, there was no file 
> corruption.

Just to keep anyone from blaming 4dos for this, I use NDOS.COM and the
same thing happened.. but it also deleted COMMAND.COM from C:\ (I keep
backup copy there)..

Ther was no disk corruption at all (checkd with NDD)

...Nissim...
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