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Article #468Re: Loading SCO-Xenix on a IBM-Compatible.
From: techsys consulting
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 20:52
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 20:52
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shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) writes: > barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes: > > >Try installing DOS 3.3 or lower on the clone first. Seems I remember > >reading somewhere that Xenix doesn't like DOS 4.x partitions > >on the same disk. DOS 4.01 is not only so brain dead that it doesn't understand itself, things it creats are unknown to the rest of the "old world". It's not just big partitions, it's the basic boot record. Go back to 3.3 or earlier and low level format the disk. Then chunk in *nix and dos 4. Or you >could< spend the time and $$ for a newer version :)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!srhqla!demott!techsys!berk From: berk@techsys.uucp (techsys consulting) Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos Subject: Re: Loading SCO-Xenix on a IBM-Compatible. Message-ID: <36cwZ1w164w@techsys.uucp> Date: 4 Apr 91 20:52:25 GMT References: <283@raysnec.UUCP> Organization: TechSys Consulting, No. Hollywood, CA Lines: 12