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- From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Difference between DOS upgrade and full version
- Message-ID: <unruh.715320428@physics.ubc.ca>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 04:07:08 GMT
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- Chris Chew <CCHEW@UCF1VM.BITNET> writes:
-
- >The upgrade installation WILL work on an MS-DOS system. I'm sure of this
- Yes it will
-
- >checks for DOS or OS/2, then proceeds to write a 0 byte RUP.RUP file on
- >disk 1 ( 2nd of 21 disks for 3.5 inch version ). Once this file is present,
- >or you can write it yourself, further installations will proceed without
- >checking, and the upgrade package is now identical to the standard version.
-
- >Incidentally, Disk 1 is also the ONLY disk in the package that is not
- >permanently write-protected.
- Well on mine disk 0 ( the Installatiuon disk) was the only one not write
- protected ( 51/4" disks). So I copied disk 1, and compared with the
- original after the installation. RUP.RUP
-