From: "Mike Petrie" <mike AT petrie DOT u-net DOT com>
To: "DR-DOS maillist (E-mail)" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Various Questions
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 21:12:53 +0900
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Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

Hi Preston,

No, not that one. It does mention a message that says that it may not work.
But, there was a show stopper at one time that would - as far as I
remember - abort the Windows install/upgrade half way through. This left
your previous version of Windows inoperable, as well as not completing the
installation of the new version. I think it happened during Novell's tenure
and recall a message on the CompuServe forum saying DO NOT upgrade to
Windows 3xx! A couple of weeks later - maybe less - they posted a patch
(like the one we all waited for foe Win9x) that fixed that and a few other
things at the same time.

Thanks anyway.

Regards
Mike Petrie

mike AT petrie DOT u-net DOT com
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> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 15:19:33 -0800
> From: Preston Petty <presp AT earthlink DOT net>
> Subject: Re: Various Questions
>
> Is this it? (in part)  README     23,683 .a.. 4-07-92   6:00:00
>
>                      "Additional information
>
> This section of the Release Notes describes features of DR DOS 6.0
> that are not explained elsewhere in the DR DOS 6.0 documentation.
>
> Microsoft Windows 3.1
>
> 	DR DOS 6.0 is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 3.1.
>
>         The Windows 3.1 default drive for temporary swap
> files is the drive

[snip]

> <snip>
> Pres
> ****
> At 12:29 PM 3/7/00 +0900, you wrote:
> >Does anybody have the patch archive for DR-DOS (6?) that was
> release a
> >couple of week after MS Windows 3.11 hit the streets to
> overcome the problem
> >where the Windows installation would abort half way through
> if DR-DOS was
> >found? I think it was DR-DOS 6 and Win3.11 (not 3.1) but
> it's been quite a
> >while now. I'm particularly interested in the readme that
> was with the patch
> >and described both the problem and the fix.
> >
> >
> >Does anyone know if the old DR-DOS/Novell NDSG message list
> and file archive
> >from CompuServe are archived away somewhere and available
> for download?
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >Mike Petrie
> >
> >mike AT petrie DOT u-net DOT com
> >WordSTAR Add-In for Word Home Page:
> >http://www.petrie.u-net.com/
> >
> >