Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:32:32 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <zen@buddhist.com>, Gregory Igho <starweb@mathsoft.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Inability to set up system Message-ID: <4.1.19981229193033.00a2b830@mail-r> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19981229212327.0088cd60@mail.bfm.org> References: <4.1.19981229163051.00a5a980@mail-r> <3688FA1A.9DCFEB1F@mathsoft.org>
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At 07:23 PM 12/29/98 , G. Adam Stanislav wrote: >At 16:35 29-12-1998 -0800, Ludwig Pummer wrote: >>to is the DOS prompt within Windows. To get to the DOS prompt outside of >>Windows, either tell it to Shut down and "Restart in MS-DOS mode", or hit >>the F8 key when you see "Starting Windows 95..." and select "Safe mode >>command prompt only" > >I would go with the second option. Windows outright lies when it says it >would restart in MS-DOS mode, it simply suspends itself and runs the >command shell (command.com or 4dos.com, depending on the configuration). >But if you type exit, you're back in Windows (and if you type "dir" you get >the long filenames which you do not get from the F8 option--that, again, >indicates Windows is still active). > >Adam you don't get LFNs in Win95 if you do the "Restart in MS-DOS mode". you are right about the better option, but i find that often people have trouble hitting F8 in time for the menu. this is getting off-topic. it would probably be a good idea to end this thread right here. --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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