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- From: olender@vivaldi.cs.colostate.edu (Kurt Olender)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: Bypassing the "sniffer" on upgrade disks (Re: Do ARCHIVES of this newsgroup exist?)
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- Date: 30 Aug 92 18:16:45 GMT
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- Don Smith writes:
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- I am almost certain that to circumvent the "sniffer" you need to put
- a file called rup.rup on DISKETTE 1 with a file length of 0 and the
- Read Only, Hidden, System, and Archive flags on.
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- The Read Only, Hidden, System, and Archive flags are not necessary. Only the
- file RUP.RUP with length 0 on diskette 1. I used this trick when installing
- on a friend's new machine, which came with no OS installed. His old machine
- was an HP Vectra, and his HP-enhanced DOS wouldn't install on a non-Vectra.
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