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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: MS DOS 5.0 Install procedure
Message-ID: <3479@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 26 Jun 91 16:52:01 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.062855.16838@beach.csulb.edu>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY
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In article <1991Jun13.062855.16838@beach.csulb.edu> sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) writes:
| 
|   What does the setup procedure (install) for msdos 5.0 do precisely
| that makes it different from the old way of format, sys, and copying
| the dos files. Does it write to the install disk also ?

  Makes an uninstall package so you can back out if you decide you must.
I have *never* heard of anyone trying it, however.
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bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
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