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From: "Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc AT cisnet DOT com>
Organization: Arachne Fan Club
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 16:51:05 -0500
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DR-Dos updates
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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:33:37 -0700, Robert Sears wrote:

> Ok I got the updates, in them there is a new IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM
> (the boot files) how do I install these two? I can just copy them to my
> DR-DOS directory, overwriting the old ones, then how do I get them into
> the boot sector where they belong? Can I just sys a floppy after
> placeing the new files on my HDD then re-sys the HDD?

> Thanks, Bob

 This should do it:
First, create a boot disk with your current files.
sys c: a:
Copy sys.com to that diskette.
You can then boot from disk and run sys a: c: if you need to restore
the old files.
Next remove the attibutes from the old files.
attrib -r-s-h c:\ibmbio.com
attrib -r-s-h c:\ibmdos.com
Next copy the new over the old ones.
Then replace the attributes.
attrib +r+s+h c:\ibmbio.com
attrib +r+s+h c:\ibmdos.com
Copy the new command.com over the old one.
And last, reboot the system.

 Now you can make a boot disk with the new files if you want to.


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