Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:56:25 +0000 (GMT)
From: Travis Siegel <tsiegel AT softcon DOT com>
To: "Jim Stevenson Ph.D" <jims AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov>
cc: dtwo AT sympatico DOT ca, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re:  saving msdos as backup
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Actually, this too is an easy question ot answer.  :)
Since msdos and opendos use different names for their system files
(msdos.sys and io.sys as opposed to ibmio.com, and ibmdos.com) It's easy
to have both msdos and opendos on the same hd.  All you need do is rename
the appropriate command.com file depending on which dos you'd like to boot
into.  (you'll need to use msdos 6.0 or better though, since I believe
that's when they decided it didn't matter where on the disk the system
files were)
I've personally not tried this setup, but it certainly sounds good in
theory.  Now let me know how it works in practice. *grin*