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Article #3495Re: "Packed file is corrupt" error and MS-DOS 5.0
From: Victor Menayang
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 08:10
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 08:10
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In article <1991Jun24.195425.19543@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> west@turing.toronto.edu (Tom West) writes:
>
> I have been getting "Packed file is corrupt" errors when trying to
>run certain applications after installing MS-DOS 5.0. Any idea what
>might cause this? Specifically qbasic and PC-NFS telnet give this
>error when I try to run them.
>
Perhaps the fix is simple: loadfix program.
It was mentioned in one online doc in the Beta. You're right though, it has
something to do with you loading DOS high (loadfix puts the program
abovethe first 64k of conventional memory).
I thought loadfix and wina20.386 would only be needed in the Beta
versions :-)
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