Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.misc:209 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:1284 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!srm From: srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu (Scott R. Myers) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: MS-DOS 4.01 vs. 3.3 Message-ID: Date: 30 Aug 90 19:33:20 GMT References: <38144@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <2943.26d077ac@cc.helsinki.fi> <1990Aug21.164046.19087@lotus.com> Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.misc Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 29 In article <1990Aug21.164046.19087@lotus.com> mcolan@lotus.com (Mark Colan) writes: > I went to DOS 4.01 primarily for large disk support. It also has a > shell for the non-hacker which I don't use. A tiny feature I like is > that the CONFIG.SYS now accepts (and ignores) REM lines for comments. I like this feature of 4.01 also!!! > A few questions for you others: > > 1. DOS complains that I should use SHARE with large media, yet seems to > work fine without it. I can't find out why I should, what it buys > me, etc. I DO have a large disk with one partition over 150MB. The only reason I install share is so I don't run into myself when trying to ascces the same file while I'm in DesqView 386. I am aware of some kind of file size limatation that it corrects with software that expects a hard disk to be no larger than 32Meg. -- Scott R. Myers Snail: 26 Stiles Street Phone:(201)882-3100 Apartment 18 Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Arpa: srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu Uucp: ..!dimacs!srm "... No matter where you go, there you are ..."