From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 29 19:33:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA22003 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:33:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from inet.chip-web.com (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA21993 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:33:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 10171 invoked from network); 30 Dec 1998 03:32:41 -0000 Received: from speedy.chip-web.com (HELO speedy) (172.16.1.1) by inet.chip-web.com with SMTP; 30 Dec 1998 03:32:41 -0000 Message-Id: <4.1.19981229193033.00a2b830@mail-r> X-Sender: ludwigp2@mail-r X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:32:32 -0800 To: "G. Adam Stanislav" , Gregory Igho , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: Inability to set up system In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19981229212327.0088cd60@mail.bfm.org> References: <4.1.19981229163051.00a5a980@mail-r> <3688FA1A.9DCFEB1F@mathsoft.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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