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From: phys169@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: DR DOS Problem
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.162055.39@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 8 Feb 91 03:32:11 GMT
References: <1239@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk>
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In article <1239@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk>, krause@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (krause) writes:
> I have just got DR DOS version 5.0. I followed the installation instructions
> which set up a new autoexec.bat and config.sys for me. After copying all the
> new files setup prompted me to do a warm boot. I did this. A message appeared
> on the screen saying 'loading' followed by the question 'load memory max
> software'. I typed in 'y'. I was rewarded by the message 'Hidos.sys - incorrect
> version of DR DOS'. Up to this point all I did was follow the installation
> instructions. Installation is pretty much automatic. 
> 
(1) Check your hard disk thoroughly (e.g. CHKDSK/B/M/C under DRDOS, or use
HDDIAG, the shareware (?) hard disk diagnostic). I had a problem with loading
DRDDOS unless I did a (really) cold boot - turned out to be a flakey disk.

(2) A cold boot could make a difference if you had some strange software
loaded, or if the BIOS does something extremely strange during start-up. Are
you saying that it always works now, or always works after a cold boot, or just
did once?

(3) You don't have a virus, do you?

Mark Aitchison.