NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              Patch to Fix History/1-Letter Command Usage
DOCUMENT ID:        TID000264
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               01JUL93
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         PAT323.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
DR DOS 6.0 4/92

ABSTRACT:
This patch fixes a problem where the first command entered after the system
booted is a single letter command.  Any use of the command line history
after this only recalled that single letter command.
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Self-Extracting File Name:  PAT323.EXE

Files Included     Size     Date        Time

  PAT323.TXT          (This File)
  IBMDOS.323      39239    2-20-92      3:23a


README of PATCH323.EXE


Product:       DR DOS 6.0

Description:   This patch fixes a problem where, if the first command
entered after booting the machine is a single character, any use of the
command line recall keys will only recall the first command.


ASSUMPTIONS:

1.  The file IBMDOS.323 is in the root directory of your C:\ drive.
2.  TaskMAX is not loaded.


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Remove the attributes from the current working copy of IBMDOS.COM

        From the C prompt:
             Type: ATTRIB -RSH IBMDOS.COM
             Press <ENTER>

2.  Make a backup copy of IBMDOS.COM

             Type: COPY IBMDOS.COM C:\DRDOS\IBMDOS.OLD
             Press <ENTER>

3.  Replace the original IBMDOS.COM with the patched IBMDOS.323


             Type: COPY IBMDOS.323 IBMDOS.COM
             Press <ENTER>

4.  Verify the copied file is the correct size, date and checksum

             Type: CD \
        From the C prompt:
             Type: XDIR IBMDOS.COM /C
             Press <ENTER>

        The following message will display:

--a--- 39,239 2-20-92 3:23a E1B0 c:ibmdos.com

NOTE: In Archive attribute (a) may be set, however it is not a required
attribute.

5.  Replace the System, Hidden, Read-Only attributes on IBMDOS.COM

             Type: ATTRIB +RSH IBMDOS.COM
             Press <ENTER>

6.  Reboot the computer.
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