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Article #10968

Re: PC Tools PCFORMAT & DOS 5.0 (was DOS 5.0 & QEMM-386 5.12)

#10968
From: Mark H. Granoff
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 20:40
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In article <1991Jun13.173116.143@pinhead.pegasus.com>, todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
>I have run into one problem though. PC Tools 6.0 PCFORMAT does not work
>under DOS 5.0. It reports "Wrong DOS version" when I try to run it. Does
>anyone know if PCFORMAT in PC Tools 7.0 works under DOS 5.0? I am still
>waiting for my upgrade to arrive. Other PC Tools 6.0 software seems to work
>ok though (including COMPRESS).

Did you try SETVER PCFORMAT.EXE x.yy where x.yy is your previous version of
DOS?
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From: granoff@vaxwrk.enet.dec.com (Mark H. Granoff)
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Subject: Re: PC Tools PCFORMAT & DOS 5.0 (was DOS 5.0 & QEMM-386 5.12)
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Date: 13 Jun 91 20:40:04 GMT
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