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Article #4331Re: Dangerous bug in CHKDSK that comes with MS-DOS 5.0 (PC)
From: Nick Leverton
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:10
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:10
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pd@nwavbbs.demon.co.uk (Peter Duffield) writes: >mramey@u.washington.edu writes: > >>How can you tell if you have MS-DOS version 5.00a or not ? .. >There is an undocumented switch to the "ver" command... If you type >"ver /r" it will give you not only the version number but the revision >as well. Mine gives the following response... > > C:\>ver /r > > MS-DOS Version 5.00 > Revision A Unfortunately the 04/09/91 version of MS-DOS 5 *also* claims to be Version 5.00 Revision A. I know: I still use it :-( This seems to reduce its utility in detecting which version of DOS5 you have. Nick.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cert!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.cc.lehigh.edu!news From: leveret@warren.demon.co.uk (Nick Leverton) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Dangerous bug in CHKDSK that comes with MS-DOS 5.0 (PC) Message-ID: <0007.9212171857.AA14855@barnabas.cert.org> Date: 15 Dec 92 22:10:29 GMT Sender: virus-l@lehigh.edu Lines: 19 Approved: news@netnews.cc.lehigh.edu