Message-Id: Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 09:13:43 +0000 From: Matthias Paul To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: lfn question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk On98-01-08 Michael Jones wrote: >I thought this was supposed to be Beta 2? I saw no >mention to it being a beta version. It's the December 19, 1997 >release -- is this more or less enhanced than the beta version? You *have* the 7.02 release (non-BETA), which is available since that date. In general: The easiest way to find out which version you are running, is to look at the startup message: If it says "DR-OpenDOS", it s the release, if it says "OpenDOS", it s one of the BETAs. For more detailed info on minor upgrades etc. toggle Scrollock on (to enter the new DIAG mode) before this message is displayed. You will then get info about loaded kernel files and internal build info (at the moment, only IBMBIO.COM displays this info, but IBMDOS.COM is prepared to do the same in the near future). You can also run PNW s VERSION on these files containing build info, or - if executable - just start them from the prompt (beware to start kernel files before OpenDOS 7.02 BETA2 from the prompt - this will crash your system!) Concerning changes: From the BETA2 to the release version, there have been only minor changes, which usually won t affect the user (the ROMability of the system was enhanced, and the documentation partially updated - however, many of the new features are still not documented at the moment, which will probably change in the future.) >I also downloaded LFN beta 3. Here's my question: since >longname.exe is dated from November 1997, is its functionality >built into OpenDOS 7.02? LONGNAME is not (yet) part of OpenDOS. >What about the (older) command.com included in the lfn package? Forget about it. Use the OpenDOS 7.02 COMMAND.COM, which fully supports LFNs (given that some form of LFN support is active) and also loads as Windows95 command shell, but goes much further with other new features. Matthias ------------------------------------------------------------ Matthias Paul eMail: Web: http://www.rhrz.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/mpdokeng.html