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From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
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hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca wrote:
> 
> In Email, Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Mohammad K Islam wrote:
> >
> > Urk.  The boot floppy worked?  Usually Win95 will interfere with rawrite
> > and screw up the whole thing.
> 
> In the past six or so months I believe I've seen the word on Win95 and
> rawrite go from `I think Win95 interferes with rawrite.  I think you have
> to boot to DOS-mode', to `I know Win95 interferes with rawrite.  You
> should boot to DOS-mode', to `You should find an old copy of DOS and not
> use Win95', to `You must find an old copy of DOS to use, Win95 will not
> work, not even in DOS-mode'.
> 
> Somewhere there, it directly contradicts my own experience.  I know
> rawrite will work from DOS-mode.
> 
> Anyways, just now, I figured it would be worth testing it without even
> running DOS-mode...  I grabbed rawrite from 2.1.5, and the 2.1.5 floppy
> image.  Surprise surprise.  It worked wonderfully.
> 
> FWIW, I have what I consider to be a pretty unadulterated (no pun
> intended...really! ;) Win95 setup.
> 
> Urk, eh?
> 

Yes, It does work but fails on alot of systems, So it's easier to say
"Use Real Dos".
I've installed 2.1.5 several times in the lase week with a boot.flp
built from a W95 dos prompt without a hitch.

-Enjoy
Gary
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