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["Sebas" <sebas1234 AT ono.com>]

I've got a defrag application that defrags any DOS version. It can destroy
your LNF system. But if you haven't any, then nothing should happen. It is
designed to work even without permissions. I don't remember where I got it.
I'll have a look...

Salut.
Sebas.

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 12:30 AM
Subject: RE: [BL] FreeDOS defrag vs Win98


> On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Jim Howard wrote:
>
> > There is a version of MS-DOS that will run without Win98. It is called
> > MS-DOS 7.10 . Someone got permission from Microsoft to GNU GPL license
it. I
> > run it on my system and it appears to work fine. I was trying to locate
the
> > url where I downloaded it from. You might do a search on the internet
for
> > it.
> >
> > james
> >
> > I am looking for a way to use Win98 DOS without needing to use Win98, on
a
> > DOS/linux computer, that will let me defrag without having to boot some
> > other DOS from a floppy disk first.
>
>
> After much searching I found:
>
>      http://newdos.yginfo.net/msdos71/index.htm
>
>
> You can download a boot disk .img file, or a pair of installation files
> (the first is 1.2MB, the second probably similar) for MS-DOS 7.10.
>
> I found another site that said you may not be able to defrag your hard
> drive with the defrag from 7.10 and would be told this is to protect long
> file names.  Perhaps this is only if you have long file names (I don't
> outside of linux partitions).   In this case they suggest using
> defragd.exe instead.
>
> I already put Win98 on the ASUS that would not boot linux without Win9X,
> but I have three other computers with the same problem, on which to try
> 7.10.  One is still in use with linux on it.  They are my favorites -
> 233MHz and 3 ISA slots.  Many thanks!
>
> I think there is no Xvesa problem with 7.10 - probably only if you use
> smartdrv.exe, as in Win98.  So this and FreeDOS and DR-DOS should all
> work with  BL and Xvesa.
>
> 7.10 supports 32bit and long file names but the defrag from it does not.