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Article #111Re: This is where you can get Win '95 Service Pack 1
From: Aer0 Zeppelin
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 00:00
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On Fri, 01 Mar 1996 16:56:46 GMT, rwh@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Richard Hoffbeck) wrote: >>>> The Win '95 Service Pack is actually a 14 disk program (a little over 17MB) >>>> comprising the following files: >>>> >>>> Setup.EXE Disk2.EXE Disk3.EXE Disk4.EXE Disk5.EXE >>>> Disk6.EXE Disk7.EXE Disk8.EXE Disk9.EXE Disk10.EXE >>>> Disk11EXE Disk12.EXE Disk13.EXE Disk14.EXE >>>> The Base HyperReference is: >>>> "HTTP://WWW.Microsoft.Com/Windows/Download/[FileName]"I only downloaded the Setup.EXE file, marked as containing all the fixes and >>>updates. When I ran it, I was never prompted for any other disks. Have I >>>missed something here? What kind of update could possibly take more disks than >>>the original OS??? >>>-- >>>David W. Valentine [davev@NREL.ColoState.EDU] >> >>My understanding is that the patch is on the initial setup.exe disk. >>The remaining disks represent the entire os with the new patch. >>Anyone verify this? > >No, the service pack itself is one disk and the rest are various tools >for system administration, automating network installs and the likes. >To actually upgrade a system you only need the single patch disk. which disk is that? just the setup disk? thanks . @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ Bevis 'Aero Zeppelin' @ nirvana@manawatu.gen.nz @ Palmerston Nth; New Zealand @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Disclaimer: I am sovereign entity on the world-wide network known as the internet. This network is not controlled by the whims of any government, judicial or law enforcement organization. As a sovereign I am granted complete and universal freedom of speech as defined by my own beliefs. I shall not be held accountable for any actions or information transmitted on this network by anyone for any reason at any time.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10dc12,8016b2b77f95c333 X-Google-Attributes: gid10dc12,public X-Google-Thread: 1102f1,8016b2b77f95c333 X-Google-Attributes: gid1102f1,public X-Google-Thread: 104cb0,8016b2b77f95c333 X-Google-Attributes: gid104cb0,public X-Google-Thread: 10bdcf,8016b2b77f95c333 X-Google-Attributes: gid10bdcf,public X-Google-Thread: 1064f1,8016b2b77f95c333 X-Google-Attributes: gid1064f1,public X-Google-Thread: 10f8d1,8016b2b77f95c333 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f8d1,public X-Google-Thread: 10b91a,8016b2b77f95c333 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b91a,public From: nirvana@manawatu.gen.nz (Aer0 Zeppelin) Subject: Re: This is where you can get Win '95 Service Pack 1 Date: 1996/03/04 Message-ID: <313aa753.17057733@news.manawatu.gen.nz> X-Deja-AN: 141976975 references: <3122E332.399B@student.uq.edu.au> <312358C5.193@maf.mobile.al.us> <3124a593.2165793@news.ust.hk> <4g4i7o$r9t@sullivan.ucc.hull.ac.uk> <31349850.1234362@news.jaring.my> <4h2i4g$btv@cabernet.niagara.com> <3135DFF0.494E@nrel.colostate.edu> <4h5opk$s5n@firebrick.mindspring.com> <31372c05.1638747@epx.cis.umn.edu> content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 organization: PlaNet (NZ) Manawatu, Palmerston Nth, New Zealand +64 6 357-9245 mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: uq.general,uq.dialin,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,trumpet.questions,uq.general,bne.forsale,alt.winsock,alt.www.hotjava,comp.infosystems.www.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows,bne.general,alt.chinese.computing,hk.comp.chinese,chinese.comp.software,hk.comp.pc,tw.bbs.comp.mswindows.win95,tw.bbs.comp.mswindows.nt,tw.bbs.comp.mswindows,tw.bbs.comp.software,tw.bbs.comp.winsock,tw.bbs.comp.chinese