NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: Current French update for Novell DOS 7 README FOR: D70F14.EXE NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS: Novell DOS 7 ABSTRACT: This file contains the current updates to the French release of Novell DOS 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION The configuration that the user was using was the following: CONFIG.SYS EMM386.EXE DPMI=ON MULTI /FRAME=NONE FILES=40 BUFFERS=15 AUTOEXEC.BAT TASKMGR MEMMAX - U > NUL SYMPTOM: For symptoms, review the file HISTORY.TXT. New files for this release: IBMBIO.COM - Several minor changes. IBMDOS.COM - Several minor changes. COMMAND.COM - Memory allocation issues fixed. Return error code from last program fixed for DMAKE compatibility. EMM386.EXE - XMS 3.0 functionality issues, Intel SatiFAXtion, UMB >F000 and Windows crash, MEMMAX -V and /GATEA20 issues fixed. HIMEM.SYS - XMS handles issues fixed. DPMS.EXE - VCPI >8MB memory allocation, XMS 3.0 functionality issues fixed. TASKMGR.EXE - XMS upper memory blocks, Network drive termination and LOCAL HANDLES issues fixed. MEMMAX.COM - MEMMAX +-V updates UMB root DOS internal variables correctly. MEM.EXE - Using XMS 3.0 to determine free XMS on 386+ processors. KEYB.COM - Corrected Hungarian enhanced keyboard layout. NLSFUNC.EXE - NLSFUNC was crashing on load when NCACHE2 was loaded before and both were using HMA. DISKCOPY.COM - Changes only serial number in extended boot record. DISKCOMP.COM - No longer unnecessarily physically formats floppies. FORMAT.COM - No longer physically formats floppies which have already the correct physical format but had a different logical format before. FDISK.COM - DELPURGE.EXE - Last modified date reported now correctly when file was deleted while DELWATCH was active. UNDELETE.EXE - Last modified date now reported correctly when recovering file that was deleted with DELWATCH active. LOCK.EXE - LOCK /T:X pop-up now correct when the system is still active. EDIT.COM - All subdirectory are displayed, not just those that matched file mask. EXE2BIN.EXE - Several minor changes. SOLUTION: Apply the files as indicated in the installation instructions. Self-Extracting File Name: d70f14.exe Files Included Size Date Time ..\ D70F14.TXT (This file) ALTQ.EDM 97 9-19-95 10:03:56 am ASSIGN.COM 7645 7-31-95 7:00:00 am C.TXT 1760 9-19-95 10:04:18 am CHKDSK.EXE 60030 7-31-95 7:00:00 am COMMAND.COM 58679 7-31-95 7:00:00 am D70F14.TXT 5871 9-5-95 1:34:58 pm DEBUG.EXE 39795 7-31-95 7:00:00 am DELPURGE.EXE 27477 7-31-95 7:00:00 am DISKCOMP.COM 16465 7-31-95 7:00:00 am DISKCOPY.COM 16600 7-31-95 7:00:00 am DPMS.EXE 36349 7-31-95 7:00:00 am EDIT.COM 106650 7-31-95 7:00:00 am EMM386.EXE 183828 7-31-95 7:00:00 am EXE2BIN.EXE 9929 7-31-95 7:00:00 am FDISK.COM 19534 7-31-95 7:00:00 am FILELINK.EXE 103153 7-31-95 7:00:00 am FORMAT.COM 22788 7-31-95 7:00:00 am HIMEM.SYS 14929 7-31-95 7:00:00 am HISTORY.TXT 33405 9-19-95 10:05:00 am IBMBIO.COM 25824 7-31-95 7:00:00 am IBMDOS.COM 30884 7-31-95 7:00:00 am KEYB.COM 40645 7-31-95 7:00:00 am LOCK.EXE 31712 7-31-95 7:00:00 am MEM.EXE 16727 7-31-95 7:00:00 am MEMMAX.COM 2476 7-31-95 7:00:00 am NLSFUNC.EXE 2804 7-31-95 7:00:00 am NWCACHE.EXE 35753 7-31-95 7:00:00 am NWCACHE.OV1 34348 7-31-95 7:00:00 am NWCACHE.OV2 30246 7-31-95 7:00:00 am NWCDEX.EXE 21801 1-23-95 7:00:00 am PRINT.COM 22940 1-23-95 7:00:00 am SETFIFO.EXE 1982 4-1-94 8:55:22 am SHARE.EXE 4890 7-31-95 7:00:00 am SUBST.EXE 7855 7-31-95 7:00:00 am TASKMGR.EXE 45600 7-31-95 7:00:00 am TREE.COM 12599 1-23-95 7:00:00 am UNDELETE.EXE 104068 7-31-95 7:00:00 am XDEL.EXE 13626 1-23-95 7:00:00 am XDIR.EXE 22501 1-23-95 7:00:00 am Installation Instructions: Make a backup copy of each file being replaced before copying the new file into that same directory. The integrity of any file can be verified by comparing the file's checksum with the checksum located in HISTORY.TXT. To calculate the checksum of any file, use the Novell DOS 7 command XDIR /C from the command line. Copy all files to the NWDOS directory except for IBMBIO.COM, IBMDOS.COM, and COMMAND.COM. Instructions for these three files are as follows: Command.com ----------- COPY A:\COMMAND.COM C:\COMMAND.COM Ibmbio.com / Ibmdos.com ----------------------- XCOPY A:\IBMBIO.COM C:\IBMBIO.COM /HRV ATTRIB -A +R +S +H C:\IBMBIO.COM XCOPY A:\IBMDOS.COM C:\IBMDOS.COM /HRV ATTRIB -A +R +S +H C:\IBMDOS.COM ----------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. Consult your product manuals for complete trademark information. -----------------------------------------------------------------