Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!dorm.rutgers.edu!medici From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DR DOS Keywords: dos,ibm Message-ID: Date: 1 Feb 91 02:00:21 GMT References: <278ab4b6-2430comp.ibmpc@point.UUCP> <1226@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 39 krause@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (krause) writes: >I have just bought this. I installed it on a newly formatted hard disk on >a Tandon 286 AT compatible. After going through the installation routine >I was prompted to do a warm boot. I did this, the machine re-booted and a >message said 'Load Memorymax Software?' I typed 'y'. I was then rewarded >with the message 'HIDOS.SYS -> Incorrect version of DR DOS'. I am not >impressed. I haven't seen that problem, but check out these: 1st try at installing DR-DOS on a freshly low-level formatted 103MB drive. DR-DOS correctly recognizes the drive. I have it make one large partition. Install the software with some minimal changes from the defaults. Reboot the system and everything looks fine. Try restoring my files from tape -- get data errors writing the hard disk. FAT and partition tables are heavily munged. Norton Disk Doctor managed to straighten it all out - but I decide to install again from scratch. 2nd attempt, use all DR-DOS defaults for balanced installation. Boots fine. Try to restore from tape and get a message that, after restoring about 4MB, my 103MB disk is full. Boot up Compaq DOS 3.31 and finish the restore without problems. Try to run MS-Windows 3.0a -- big time problems. Doesn't run in 386 enhanced mode regardless of memory management settings (yes, I nixed MemMax and put Himem in instead). 286 standard mode is very unstable. Why would I want to run in real mode on an 8MB/33MHz 386? Granted, I am new with DR-DOS, and haven't spent a great deal of time on it. However, at this point I would not recommend DR-DOS to anyone who doesn't have a good chunk of time to baby it. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Medici ** Systems Programmer III * Rutgers University Computing Services medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu * medici@cancer.BITNET * !rutgers!elbereth!medici My opinions are not necessarily my employers'. *Reality is context-sensitive.