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From: "Matthias Paul" <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Big Drives (was: Pc-Dos 2000)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:46:21 +0100
Organization: University of Technology, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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On 2001-12-19, Mark in Clinton TWP. MI. USA" <MarWar AT Provide DOT net> wrote:

> What is the 704-5 version?  is that an update to 703 and
> can it be used or is it not for home use?

Itīs an Ontrack OEM version of DR-DOS for use with their Easy Recovery.
DR-DOS 7.04/7.05 natively supports LBA and FAT32, that is, without an
external driver like DRFAT32.SYS/.EXE, but it has a number of short-
comings and a different drive ordering. It is *not* intended for use
on desktop system, and it is not fully compatible with MS-DOS 7.10,
yet. I do not recommend to use this version at the moment if you are
looking for a fool-proof solution. DR-DOS 7.03 is much more reliable.
However, DR-DOS 7.04/7.05 is still an improvement over DRFAT32.SYS/.EXE
as it requires much less memory and it can be cached by a normal disk
cache like NWCACHE. You could still install it as an alternative kernel
for temporary use only.

 Matthias

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