Message-ID: <366E1902.635A@sprintmail.com> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 22:30:26 -0800 From: Richard Kanarek X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: opendos-support AT delorie DOT com Subject: Why does my OpenDOS floppy contain MSDOS 7? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: opendos-support AT delorie DOT com Howdy! I've been doing a bit of upgrading. As a (small) part of my efforts, I reformated my HD's with the intent of installing OpenDOS (I purchased a copy of OpenDOS 7.01 which came with both a CD & a floppy disk). When I attempted to FDISK my HD, I was surprised to receive an "incorrect version" message from FDISK. A little investigating turned up: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caldera OpenDOS 7.01 Copyright (c) 1976, 1997 Caldera, Inc. All rights reserved. C:\TEMP>debug -nfdisk.exe -l 84B9:9410 4D 53 20 52 75 6E 2D 54-69 6D 65 20 4C 69 62 72 MS Run-Time Libr 84B9:9420 61 72 79 20 2D 20 43 6F-70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 ary - Copyright 84B9:9430 28 63 29 20 31 39 39 32-2C 20 4D 69 63 72 6F 73 (c) 1992, Micros 84B9:9440 6F 66 74 20 43 6F 72 70-1A 00 25 34 2E 30 64 00 oft Corp..%4.0d. 84B9:A380 4E 47 3D 4C 41 4E 47 53-50 45 43 3D 0E 00 B2 00 NG=LANGSPEC=.... 84B9:A390 1A 42 B0 4D 53 2D 44 4F-53 20 56 65 72 73 69 6F .B.MS-DOS Versio 84B9:A3A0 6E 20 37 20 28 43 29 43-6F 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 n 7 (C)Copyright 84B9:A3B0 20 31 39 38 31 2D 31 39-39 35 20 4D 69 63 72 6F 1981-1995 Micro 84B9:A3C0 73 6F 66 74 20 43 6F 72-70 20 4C 69 63 65 6E 73 soft Corp Licens 84B9:A3D0 65 64 20 4D 61 74 65 72-69 61 6C 20 2D 20 50 72 ed Material - Pr 84B9:A3E0 6F 70 65 72 74 79 20 6F-66 20 4D 69 63 72 6F 73 operty of Micros 84B9:A3F0 6F 66 74 20 41 6C 6C 20-72 69 67 68 74 73 20 72 oft All rights r 84B9:A400 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 20-50 53 52 06 57 B8 00 51 eserved PSR.W..Q ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Likewise for command.com. Did someone make a bo-bo? Cordially, Richard Kanarek