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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 08:46:57 +0000
From: J P Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: questions about loader.
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sb1 AT Mindspring DOT com wrote:
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> It feels like I'm stupid ... but, I am having a hard time getting loader
> to work.
> I have ms-dos 6.20
> installed in the root sector of my harddrive as required.
> I also have copied ibmbio.com ibmdos.com to the root of the same drive
> from caldera 7.01.
> I used the attrib command from caldera to +r +s +a +h the ibmbio.com and
> ibmdos.com
> files.
> 
> Now how do I tell loader where the command.com shell is for the
> version of dos that gets loaded when I press f1,f2 etc.
> 
> I do have loader working and the right dos comes up when I press the
> right f key.

1.  Make sure you have Dconfig.sys for opendos and config.sys for msdos
2.  In Dconfig.sys, use the SHELL= line to specify the correct
command.com.  Make sure you change the reload directory from c:\ to
c:\opendos\

Ok?

> But, the caldera dos says improper command com type the filename ...
> when I type c:\opendos\command.com it works great.
> 
> Thanks
> Sam

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