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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 10:53:19 +1100
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
From: Dane Trethowan <grtdane AT quantum DOT net DOT au>
Subject: Re: INSTALLATION PROBLEMS OF DR DOS 7.02
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Greetings!

I just tried what you suggested but I'm afraid that it didn't make any
difference.

Cheers

At 05:16 11/11/98 , you wrote:
>>Greetings!
>>
>>I've downloaded the disk set of DR DOS 7.02 and tried to install it.
>>Everything goes fine until I hear "READING DRDOS.INI" and then everything
>>stops and the computer appears to go into some sort of graphics mode, if I
>>press the enter key or any other key the computer just locks up, has anyone
>>had this problem happen?  The computer I'm trying to install DR DOS onto is
>>a 486 25MHZ and I have over 600 k of conventional memory free at the time
>>of running "INSTALL".
>
>I haven't seen this exact problem, but here's something you might try:
>Open the file DRDOS.INI on the first disk with any text editor.  Find
>the line "NewUI=On" and change it to "NewUI=Off"  Save the changed
>file, exit and reboot.  Let us know if that makes a difference.
>
>raster AT highfiber DOT com
> 
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