NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: Current Italian update for Novell DOS 7 README FOR: D70I15.EXE NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS: Novell DOS 7 ABSTRACT: This file contains the current updates to the Italian release of Novell DOS 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. ----------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOM: For symptoms, review the file HISTORY.TXT. New files for this release: IBMBIO.COM - Several minor changes. IBMDOS.COM - Several minor changes. COMMAND.COM - Memory allocation issues fixed. Return error code from last program fixed for DMAKE compatibility. EMM386.EXE - XMS 3.0 functionality issues, Intel SatiFAXtion, UMB >F000 and Windows crash, MEMMAX -V and /GATEA20 issues fixed. HIMEM.SYS - XMS handles issues fixed. DPMS.EXE - VCPI >8MB memory allocation, XMS 3.0 functionality issues fixed. TASKMGR.EXE - XMS upper memory blocks, Network drive termination and LOCAL HANDLES issues fixed. MEMMAX.COM - MEMMAX +-V updates UMB root DOS internal variables correctly. MEM.EXE - Using XMS 3.0 to determine free XMS on 386+ processors. KEYB.COM - Corrected Hungarian enhanced keyboard layout. NLSFUNC.EXE - NLSFUNC was crashing on load when NCACHE2 was loaded before and both were using HMA. DISKCOPY.COM - Changes only serial number in extended boot record. DISKCOMP.COM - No longer unnecessarily physically formats floppies. FORMAT.COM - No longer physically formats floppies which have already the correct physical format but had a different logical format before. FDISK.COM - DELPURGE.EXE - Last modified date reported now correctly when file was deleted while DELWATCH was active. UNDELETE.EXE - Last modified date now reported correctly when recovering file that was deleted with DELWATCH active. LOCK.EXE - LOCK /T:X pop-up now correct when the system is still active. EDIT.COM - All subdirectory are displayed, not just those that matched file mask. EXE2BIN.EXE - Several minor changes. SOLUTION: Apply the files as indicated in the installation instructions. Self-Extracting File Name: d70i15.exe Files Included Size Date Time ..\ D70I15.TXT (This file) ANSI.SYS 3153 11-29-95 7:00:00 am ASSIGN.COM 7633 11-29-95 7:00:00 am CHKDSK.EXE 59937 11-29-95 7:00:00 am COMMAND.COM 58561 11-29-95 7:00:00 am D70I15.TXT 6507 12-21-95 4:14:38 am DEBUG.EXE 39907 11-29-95 7:00:00 am DELPURGE.EXE 27415 11-29-95 7:00:00 am DISKCOMP.COM 16433 11-29-95 7:00:00 am DISKCOPY.COM 16614 11-29-95 7:00:00 am DPMS.EXE 36261 11-29-95 7:00:00 am EDIT.COM 106167 11-29-95 7:00:00 am EMM386.EXE 179641 11-29-95 7:00:00 am EXE2BIN.EXE 9923 11-29-95 7:00:00 am FDISK.COM 19540 11-29-95 7:00:00 am FILELINK.EXE 102279 11-29-95 7:00:00 am FORMAT.COM 22840 11-29-95 7:00:00 am HIMEM.SYS 14889 11-29-95 7:00:00 am HISTORY.TXT 35790 12-21-95 2:53:38 am IBMBIO.COM 25267 11-29-95 7:00:00 am IBMDOS.COM 30441 1-3-96 9:10:16 am KEYB.COM 40647 11-29-95 7:00:00 am LOCK.EXE 31632 11-29-95 7:00:00 am MEM.EXE 16759 11-29-95 7:00:00 am MEMMAX.COM 2501 11-29-95 7:00:00 am NLSFUNC.EXE 2787 11-29-95 7:00:00 am NWCACHE.EXE 36073 11-29-95 7:00:00 am NWCACHE.OV1 34670 11-29-95 7:00:00 am NWCACHE.OV2 30568 11-29-95 7:00:00 am NWCDEX.EXE 21787 11-29-95 7:00:00 am PRINT.COM 22714 1-23-95 7:00:00 am SETFIFO.EXE 1982 4-1-94 8:55:22 am SHARE.EXE 4882 11-29-95 7:00:00 am SUBST.EXE 7907 11-29-95 7:00:00 am SYS.COM 16893 11-29-95 7:00:00 am TASKMGR.EXE 45632 11-29-95 7:00:00 am TREE.COM 12591 1-23-95 7:00:00 am UNDELETE.EXE 103835 11-29-95 7:00:00 am XDEL.EXE 13640 1-23-95 7:00:00 am XDIR.EXE 22512 1-23-95 7:00:00 am Installation Instructions: Make a backup copy of each file being replaced before copying the new file into that same directory. The integrity of any file can be verified by comparing the file's checksum with the checksum located in HISTORY.TXT. To calculate the checksum of any file, use the Novell DOS 7 command XDIR /C from the command line. Copy all files to the NWDOS directory except for IBMBIO.COM, IBMDOS.COM, and COMMAND.COM. Instructions for these three files are as follows: Command.com ----------- COPY A:\COMMAND.COM C:\COMMAND.COM Ibmbio.com / Ibmdos.com ----------------------- XCOPY A:\IBMBIO.COM C:\IBMBIO.COM /HRV ATTRIB -A +R +S +H C:\IBMBIO.COM XCOPY A:\IBMDOS.COM C:\IBMDOS.COM /HRV ATTRIB -A +R +S +H C:\IBMDOS.COM ----------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. Consult your product manuals for complete trademark information. -----------------------------------------------------------------