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- From: reichert@rtsg.mot.com (Charles H. Reichert)
- Subject: Re: A prospective user has questions about DR-DOS 6.xx
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- References: <1992Aug24.134716.29920@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 13:58:37 GMT
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- thouse@csri.toronto.edu (D. Tennenhouse) writes:
-
- >Hi, I'd like to switch to DR-DOS, but I'd like to find out a few things
- >first.
-
- >1. Can the partition from which DR-DOS would boot be a SuperStore disk or not?
-
- Yes, but I'd make a small uncompressed drive C and make the other
- partitions compressed. If you need to, then drive C can be made
- partially uncompressed (for system bootup files) and the rest
- compressed.
-
- >2. Which programs CAN NOT run with a SuperStore disk. I am especially
- > interested to know about:
- > a. Any of the Norton utilites V 5.0
- > b. Windows 3.1
- > c. 386MAX
- > d. Microsoft C/C++ 7.0
-
- My Norton's 4.5 (especially SD) work great on compressed drives.
- Ditto for WIN 3.1, don't know about 386MAX, MS C++ 7.0 but
- Borlands C++ 3.0, MS BASIC PDS 7.1 work great.
- QEMM worked great, but Manifest would hang. Thinks it had to do with
- the Local Bus Video Card. It worked great on my previous 386-25DX
- with SSTOR drives.
-
- >3. Is it true that I could have some logical drives be Superstore, others
- > logical drives non-SuperStore, and yet another partition with another
- > operating system (like Linux) on it?
-
- Yes, I've done it with OS/2
-
- >4. I hear that SmartDrive can not run with a SuperStore drive, is that true?
- >
- Don't know, never tried it. SuperPCK.SYS Cache works great with SSTOR
- and none SSTOR drives.
-
-
- 4.a.If SmartDrive can't work with a SuperStore drive, does DR-DOS have its
- > own caching utility that can?
-
- Ditto with SuperPCK cache supplied with DR-DOSA 6.0.
-
- BTW, make sure you get the Novell WIN 3.1 update disk which allows
- WIN 3.1 to fly with DR-DOS 6.0
-
-
- Chuck Reichert
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