Installing MSDOS 6.22 over 6.2??
Robert Edie
My brothers friend said installing msdos 6.22 over a previous installation
of msdos 6.2 would make the installation of msWindows on the machine
unusable. I can't see it happening that way, but just to clarify things.
Does anyone out there know of this kind of problem upgrading from 6.2 to
6.22?
Thanx in advance for any help in this regard. Much appreciated.
Rob
Niels Dalhoff Andersen
There is no problem in upgrading from 6.2 to 6.22, but to add the extra
Windows programs that shiped with this release of run the setup program
again using the /e switch. SETUP /E
Toyota Collora
"Robert Edie" <re...@goldrvr.island.net> wrote:
>My brothers friend said installing msdos 6.22 over a previous installation
>of msdos 6.2 would make the installation of msWindows on the machine
>unusable. I can't see it happening that way, but just to clarify things.
>Does anyone out there know of this kind of problem upgrading from 6.2 to
>6.22?
>Thanx in advance for any help in this regard. Much appreciated.
>Rob
MS-DOS 6.22 is as same as MS-DOS 6.2 except changed from Double Space
to Drive Space...Well, it doesn't matter!!!
The only problem may occur if your MS-DOS 6.2 is NOT fully installed,
then, MS-DOS 6.22 will NOT fully upgrade successfully.
Sincerely,
Toyota Corolla
RailHaRRy
On 9 Jun 1997 22:31:57 GMT, "Robert Edie" <re...@goldrvr.island.net>
wrote:
>My brothers friend said installing msdos 6.22 over a previous installation
>of msdos 6.2 would make the installation of msWindows on the machine
>unusable. I can't see it happening that way, but just to clarify things.
>Does anyone out there know of this kind of problem upgrading from 6.2 to
>6.22?
>Thanx in advance for any help in this regard. Much appreciated.
>Rob
Upgrading from MS-DOS 6.20 to MS-DOS 6.22 will have absolutely no
affect on the Microsoft Windows 3.11 or earlier that is installed on
the system.
Here's a boilerplate I use on Compuserve about upgrading MS-DOS 6.20
to 6.22:
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Upgrading to MS-DOS 6.22 from MS-DOS 6.0, 6.2, or 6.21 allows users to
convert DoubleSpace drives to DriveSpace. DriveSpace contains disk
compression algorithms written entirely by Microsoft. MS-DOS 6.0 and
6.2 DoubleSpace users will see that DriveSpace is comparable to
DoubleSpace performance and capacities. The DoubleSpace user
interface look and feel has been retained with DriveSpace. As far as
users are concerned, the only significant difference is the name.
MS-DOS 6.22 also adds new and enhanced foreign language character
support for the following countries:
Canada Brazil Bulgaria Greece Iceland
Macedonia and Serbia/Montenegro Rumania Russian
Turkey
The MS-DOS 6.22 version of EMM386.EXE corrects some compatibility
issues with PCI boards. This version of EMM386.EXE can be downloaded
from the Microsoft Software Library. It is compatible with MS-DOS
6.0, 6.2, and 6.21.
The MS-DOS 6.22 version of MSD recognizes a Pentium microprocessor.
This version of MSD is also compatible with earlier MS-DOS 6 versions
and is included in the EMM622.EXE download file mentioned above.
The MS-DOS 6.22 version of SMARTDRV.EXE was fixed to work with Kodak
photo CD's. SMARTDRV.EXE is not available for separate download.
The MS-DOS 6.22 version of SCANDISK.EXE fixes an obscure and rare
problem associated with running SCANDISK on a Connor disk drive with
VERIFY=ON in AUTOEXEC.BAT. SCANDISK.EXE is not available for separate
download.
Otherwise, MS-DOS 6.22 is identical to MS-DOS 6.20, which was a
significant upgrade of MS-DOS 6.00.
There is an article available in the Microsoft KnowledgeBase that has
further information. To access the article, use "GO MICROSOFT",
select the MSKB, and quick search on the article ID: listed below.
Article Title: Why Should I Install MS-DOS 6.22? ID: Q105831
You can obtain the MS-DOS 6.22 STEPUP.EXE file from some U.S. software
stores for under US$10, and from from the following on-line sources
for the cost of downloading at 2.5+ megabyte file.
FTP - ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/
WWW - http://www.microsoft.com/support/
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The MSKB is on the Microsoft Web Site also.
Regards, HaRRy, San Diego
(http://pages.prodigy.com/railHaRRy/)
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Charles Mosher
Robert Edie (re...@goldrvr.island.net) wrote:
: My brothers friend said installing msdos 6.22 over a previous installation
: of msdos 6.2 would make the installation of msWindows on the machine
: unusable. I can't see it happening that way, but just to clarify things.
: Does anyone out there know of this kind of problem upgrading from 6.2 to
: 6.22?
: Thanx in advance for any help in this regard. Much appreciated.
: Rob
I imagine it must be possible to screw this up, but I can't imagine how.
The 386DX40 I am using now runs Windows 3.11 very nicely on top of MS-DOS
6.22, 6.20, 6.00, 5.00, and 4.01, where one gets the other versions of
MS-DOS, kept on other paths, by using the appropriate boot floppy. MS-DOS
6.20 is the default that you get when you boot from the hard disk.
Remember, Windows 3.10 or 3.11 is just another DOS application, complete
with /? help.
The sizes of the various modules that one loads high differ very little
within 6.22, 6.20, and 6.00, ie, the loads are almost identical.
MS-DOS 5.00 has no memmaker, and no provision for overtly specifying which
UMB to LH into, and no means to discover the maximum expanded size of each
module when loading, so it is harder to get a good high load.
In order to use MS-DOS 4.01, you must use the HIMEM.SYS provided with
Windows. The HIMEM.SYS, SMARTDRV.SYS, RAMDRIVE.SYS, and EMM386.SYS
provided with MS-DOS 4.01 are essentially useless by today's standards.
This means you are running Windows on top of a DOS where all the drivers
are loaded low, but Windows copes all right.
The differences between 6.20 and 6.22 are very minor. Why are you
upgrading? What feature provided by MS-DOS 6.22 is lacking from 6.20?
I found the differences between 6.00 and 6.20 to be significant, that is,
with the applications I use, 620 crashes MUCH less often.
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Charles Mosher
ratr...@svpal.org