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Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 18:23:06 -0700
From: Neal <lbneal AT pysmatic DOT net>
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The files at this address seem to be ok!

   ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/drdos/

Also this address has others:

    http://support.novell.com/Ftp/Updates/eol/dskprodeol/Date0.html

Current links always can be found at:

 http://www.pysmatic.net/dr-dos/ or http://dr-dos.4business.net

Neal
========================

Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> 
>  I am sorry to report that Charles is correct.
> 
> I just D/Led and tested each of the "kernel only" zip files.
> They seem to be fine....(on the surface that-is)
> Each zip file contains command.com, both boot files and a copy of sys.com
> Further inspection reveals that all of those files are corrupted.
> So, the zip files seem to have been uploaded correctly to the ftp site.
> But, the files within the zip files must have been corrupted before
> being zipped.
> 
> I'll send a CC of this to Lineo.
> _______________
> 
> To whom it may concern at Lineo......
> 
>  Please, if you would so kind as to fix the files in this directory of
> your ftp site.
> ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/devsup/drdos/
> 
> You might be surprised at how many of us "DOS junkies" out here would LOVE
> to have a copy of these old versions of DR-DOS and Novell-DOS.
> 
>  Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
> 
> ________________
> 
> On Sat, 27 May 2000 12:09:02 -0600, Charles Dye wrote:
> 
> > At 11:57 PM 5/26/00 -0500, Glenn McCorkle <glennmcc AT cisnet DOT com>
> > wrote:
> >>  In case you didn't know...
> >> All of the old versions of DR-DOS (including the kernel files for 6.0),
> >> are still available for D/L from Lineo.
> 
> > Er, no.  Still available for download are corrupted and useless copies of
> > old versions.  It looks like somebody FTP'd them in ASCII mode instead of
> > binary.  Lineo still hasn't caught on -- somebody is asleep at the switch.
> 
> > raster AT highfiber DOT com
> 
> --
> Glenn McCorkle glennmcc AT cisnet DOT com North Jackson, Ohio, USA
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> Other stuff http://public.webbox.com/glennmcc1974 AT webbox DOT com/
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