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STACKER NOTE Stac Electronics Technical Note
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Subject: Upgrading to DRDOS 6.0 with STACKER installed.
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Tech023 - 2/20/92
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______________________________________________________________________
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STACKER has been found to be compatible with DR DOS 6.0. This note
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outlines the procedure for upgrading your system to DR DOS 6.0 when
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Stacker is installed.
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This procedure is NOT required if the following conditions are true:
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1. STACKER has not yet been installed. Install DRDOS 6.0, then
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STACKER.
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2. The boot drive is NOT being SSWAPped, AND there is enough room
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on the uncompressed drive C: (3 MB) for the DR DOS 6.0 files.
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In this case, simply boot up with the DRDOS 6.0 STARTUP
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diskette and run INSTALL.
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Installation Procedure:
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Note: this procedure assumes that:
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1. Drive C: is the boot drive.
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2. It may or may not be SSWAPped with a Stacker drive
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3. There is enough disk space (3MB) on the Stacker drive to install
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DR DOS 6.0.
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In the following sequence of steps, you will need to know which drive
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letter refers to your boot drive and which drive letter refers to your
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Stacker drive. This information may be obtained by running the SWAPMAP
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utility which came with Stacker. One of the lines will look like the
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following:
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Drive x: was drive C: at boot time
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Letter 'x:' will be the boot drive. If 'x:' is 'C:', then 'Drive C: is
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NOT swapping' and, in the procedures which follow:
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drive C: will be the boot drive, and
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your Stacker drive letter should be inserted for drive 'x:'.
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If 'x:' is not 'C:' then 'Drive C: IS swapping' and:
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drive C: is the Stacker drive,
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drive x: is the boot drive.
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1. Remove the read-only attribute from files already on the system.
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Please insert your Stacker diskette into drive A: (or drive B:).
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Change to the diskette drive by typing A: (or B:) and hitting
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Enter. Then type the following commands (ignore any 'File not found'
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messages):
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SATTRIB -R C:\CONFIG.SYS
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SATTRIB -R C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SATTRIB -R C:\COMMAND.COM
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(In the next command, substitute the name of your DOS directory if it
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is named something other than 'DOS'.)
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SATTRIB -R C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM
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In the following four commands, if drive C: is swapping, remember to
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use the boot drive letter you found above to replace the drive letter
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'x:'. If drive C: is not swapping, use the drive letter of your Stacker
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drive in place of 'x:'.
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SATTRIB -R x:\CONFIG.SYSc
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SATTRIB -R x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SATTRIB -R x:\COMMAND.COM
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(As before, in the next command, substitute the name of your DOS
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directory if it is named something other than 'DOS'.)
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SATTRIB -R x:\DOS\COMMAND.COM
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2. Copy the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to the Stacker drive.
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If drive C: is swapping, type the following:
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REN C:\CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.STA
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(ignore a 'Duplicate filename or file not found' message)
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REN C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.STA
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COPY x:\CONFIG.SYS C:\
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('x:' is the boot drive swapping with C:)
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COPY x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\
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('x:' is the boot drive swapping with C:)
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If drive C: is not swapping, type the following:
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REN x:\CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.STA
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('x:' is the Stacker drive) (ignore a 'Duplicate filename or file
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not found' message)
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REN x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.STA
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('x:' is the Stacker drive) (Ignore a 'Duplicate filename or file
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not found' message)
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COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS x:\
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COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT x:\
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3. Insert the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP Disk (Disk 1) in the A: drive. Then
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type the following commands:
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COPY A:\COMMAND.COM C:\
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COPY A:\COMMAND.COM x:\
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(In the next commands, substitute the name of your DOS directory if it
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is named something other than 'DOS'.)
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COPY A:\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS
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COPY A:\COMMAND.COM x:\DOS
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4. Boot the system with the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP Disk in the A: drive.
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5. At the opening screen of the DR DOS 6.0 installation, hit the F10
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key to abort. Then choose "EXIT TO DR DOS" and hit Enter.
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6. At the A> prompt, type the following: SYS C:
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The system will respond with:
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Destination Disk was not formatted under current Operating System.
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Writing new boot sector. System files copied.
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7. Remove the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP disk from the A: drive and reboot the
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system from the hard disk.
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This will start the system with DR DOS 6.0 and the Stacker drive(s)
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will be available. If any application is automatically loaded during
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bootup, please exit the application and return to the DOS prompt.
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8. At the C> prompt, place the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP disk back into the A:
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drive.
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9. Change to the DR DOS diskette. Type the following:
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A:AUTOEXEC
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10. The installation process for DR DOS 6.0 will begin.
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At the opening screen, press the Enter key to continue. Choose to
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install DR DOS on the C: drive and press Enter. Next, select the option
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to "Use the information in the existing file(s)".
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11. You will now be asked to specify the drive letter and directory
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name to receive the DR DOS 6.0 files. Move the cursor to the suggested
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pathname for DR DOS 6.0. If drive C: is swapping, choose drive C:; if
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drive C: is not swapping, choose drive x: (remember to substitute the
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actual drive letter for 'x:', determined above). Also, change the
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'DRDOS' subdirectory name to the name of your DOS directory. This is
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because we want to overwrite the existing DOS version with DR DOS 6.0.
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Otherwise, there will be two DOS versions on the system at the same
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time - not a good situation.
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12. Choose to "Replace all DOS files on the destination drive."
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13. At this point you may choose either to skip the configuration and
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go directly to installation, or you may choose to proceed with further
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configuration.
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14. Follow the instructions displayed on your screen to complete the
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installation of DR DOS 6.0.
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When DR DOS 6.0 is finished, you will be given a choice to "Exit to DR
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DOS" or "Reboot Computer". Choose "Exit to DR DOS".
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15. If drive C: is not swapping, type the following:
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COPY x:\CONFIG.SYS C:\
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COPY x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\
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If drive C: is swapping, type the following:
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COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS x:\
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COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT x:\
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16. Remove the last DR DOS 6.0 diskette and reboot the system from the
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hard disk.
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17. DR DOS 6.0 adds new commands to your existing CONFIG.SYS file.
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When the machine is rebooted, DR DOS will ask if you want to execute
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any commands from your previous CONFIG.SYS. This will particularly
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affect the Stacker lines. Hit 'Y' to each of the questions about
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loading the Stacker drivers. When the system has completed booting, use
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your favorite text editor (or the DR DOS EDITOR program) to remove the
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'?' from in front of the Stacker lines. You will also need to examine
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any other lines which have been so marked. These changes need to be
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made to the CONFIG.SYS file on the uncompressed drive. After making
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these changes, copy the CONFIG.SYS file to the Stacker drive.
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Also during bootup, you may see a "Bad or missing file..." message as
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DR DOS attempts to find a DOS program or driver not copied to the
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uncompressed drive during the installation process. Simply copy the
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missing program file(s) from your DOS directory on the Stacker drive
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to the directory on the uncompressed drive where DR DOS is looking.
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For example, if you were previously loading the DOS file 'ANSI.SYS'
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from the 'DOS' directory on the uncompressed drive, type the following
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to update 'ANSI.SYS' to the DR DOS 6.0 version (as before, substitute
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the name of your DOS directory if it is named something other than
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'DOS'):
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COPY C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS x:\DOS (drive C: is SSWAPping)
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or
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COPY x:\DOS\ANSI.SYS C:\DOS (drive C: is not SSWAPping)
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There may be other programs from the previous version of DOS on the
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uncompressed drive which will need to be replaced with the equivalent DR DOS programs. You will need to search
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both the root directory and the DOS directory for these programs.
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18. Finally, some files from your previous DOS version may still be
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located in your DOS directory.
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These files have no corresponding replacement in DR DOS 6.0. Please
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examine them and consult your User's Guide to see if they can be
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deleted. Be careful not to delete anything which may be required for
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normal operation of your system. Type the following to display a list
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of these files (substitute the name of your DOS directory if it is
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named something other than 'DOS'):
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DIR C:\DOS /A | FIND /V "8-23-91" | MORE (drive C:
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SSWAPping)
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or
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DIR x:\DOS /A | FIND /V "8-23-91" | MORE (drive C: not
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SSWAPping)
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If you would like to send this listing to the printer, simply add the
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characters > PRN to the end of the above lines.
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WARNING !! - DO NOT delete the files TASKMAX.INI, VIEWMAX.INI, or
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DRDOS.INI. These files are critical to the correct operation of DR DOS
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6.0. They will be included in the above listing because these files are
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customized during installation and, therefore, the dates of these files
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will be the date of your installation of DR DOS 6.0.
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