"Michael B. Trausch" wrote:
>
> I am NOT talking about DOS prompt from Windows. Sure, many people have
> Windows, however, there are some who have DOS and Windows 3.1. Therefore,
> a CLI PKZip will _NOT_ work for them. Period. Because Windows 3.1 is 16
> bit. The ONLY way to actually use an unzipper for ZipSlack would be to
> get the unzip program I've mentioned many times over. EOF.
>
> - Mike
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> On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Ralph Gesler wrote:
>
> RG>Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 23:01:07 -0700
> RG>From: Ralph Gesler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> RG>To: Kurt Kehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> RG>Cc: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> RG>Subject: Re: Unzipping Slackware Linux...
> RG>
> RG>Kurt Kehler wrote:
> RG>>
> RG>> On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:29:49 -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> RG>>
> RG>> >I mean a full fledged, 32-bit DOS executable binary.
> RG>> >
> RG>> >Will it, in DOS only mode, put the CPU into a protected 32-bit mode?
> RG>> >
> RG>> >(i.e., does it use a DOS extender, or no?)
> RG>>
> RG>> It will not run in DOS only mode. I just tried it.
> RG>>
> RG>> --
> RG>> Kurt Kehler
> RG>
> RG>Seems to work for me: DOS prompt from Windoze and booted to command
> RG>line. Yes it is run in protected mode: uses DPMI ver 0.90.
> RG>
> RG>Ralph
> RG>
I am NOT talking about DOS prompt from Windoze (read my original
message). I AM talking about booting to DOS command line under W95 and
running pkunzip version 2.50. Maybe you are unaware that Pkware has
recently released a 32 bit version that supports LFN and runs in
protected mode under DOS (DPMI = Dos Protected Mode Interface).
Ralph
