Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:10:25 -0700, Bob George wrote:
>
> > Just a reminder that the inability to boot without DOS does not
necessarily
> > mean something's "not an OS". Witness NetWare 3.x and up. Arguably, one
of
> > the best uses for DOS is as a program loader for something better.
>
> _BUT_ (and a big "but" it is), do DOS remain in memory after NetWare
> loads up? Or does it get overwritten?
> [...]
You CAN remove it, but it stays by default (as things get murkier and
murkier). So NetWare CAN be an OS, but isn't by default? The definition
needs to be tightened up a bit.
- Bob
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