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| 940.1 | MS-DOS <> PC-DOS | SKIVT::HEARN | Time will tell... | Wed Aug 22 1990 16:02 | 10 |
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As a service to others who may one day find themselves in this
situation, I'll answer my own question with the answer that
came off the Usenet.
MS-DOS, apparently, won't work - one MUST have PC-DOS
Being a newcomer to DOS, I did not know that there was a difference,
a kind soul from the Usenet pointed this fact out to me.
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| 940.2 | You need PC-DOS to boot from HD. | BAGELS::FELDMAN | Jerry Feldman DTN 227-3279 | Thu Aug 23 1990 16:27 | 8 |
| Re: .0
You must run PC-DOS to be able to boot DOS from your hard disk. However,
if you boot DOS from a floppy, you may certainly use your C: and D:
partitions, and share them with your ST data. Also, a PC may only boot
from the C: partition. Since you have to execute PC-DITTO (ostensably from
the hard disk), booting DOS from a diskette isn't too bad, as long as
the DOS utilities are on the HD.
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| 940.3 | DOS usage? | SKIVT::HEARN | Time will tell... | Mon Aug 27 1990 11:38 | 4 |
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Understood, now, but not at the time. What is PC-DOS used for vs
MS_DOS?
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| 940.4 | Subtleties | BAGELS::FELDMAN | Jerry Feldman DTN 227-3279 | Mon Aug 27 1990 16:49 | 8 |
| The differences between PC-DOS and MS-DOS are minor, but subtle. Both
are essentially the same "operating system". PC-DOS is the version that
comes with real IBM PCs. MS-DOS is the more generic version which is
sold by Microsoft. Both have identical interfaces. The subtlety lies in
the interface between the OS and the BIOS. For some reason, the way
Bill Teal engineered PC-DITTO, he was able to get PC-DOS to boot
directly from hard disk, but not MS-DOS. Also, note that some clones
have there own slightly customized versions of MS-DOS.
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| 940.5 | Look Ma - no boot | SKIVT::HEARN | Time will tell... | Tue Aug 28 1990 08:24 | 13 |
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Jerry,
Thanks for the explanations... Oh well, guess I'll just have to
use it without the 'boot' capability. I don't mind that so
much, now, knowing that I was doing doing things right :^)
even tho' with the wrong OS :^( Chalk it up to 'live and
learn' on my part.
Tnx agn,
. Rich
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