Q79533: Upgrading MS-DOS 5.0 Over Stacker with STACDOS5.BAT

Article: Q79533
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
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Last Modified: 22-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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STAC Electronics has provided a self-extracting file (SD0S5.EXE) on their
bulletin board that can be used to automatically upgrade MS-DOS 5.0 for use with
Stacker.

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Stacker version 2.0 includes a .BAT (batch) that automatically upgrades MS-DOS
5.0. If you have an earlier version of Stacker, you can use the SDOS5.EXE file
to achieve the same results.

To upgrade MS-DOS 5.0 with SD0S5.EXE, do the following:

1. Download the SDOS5.EXE file from STAC Electronics bulletin board service
  (BBS).

2. Execute the SDOS5.EXE file. It creates three files:

     STACDOS5.DOC
     STACDOS5.BAT
     VIDTYPE.EXE

3. Copy the three files created with the SDOS5.EXE file to the STACK directory
  on the compressed (STACKER) volume.

4. Execute the STACDOS5.BAT file. Follow the instructions on the screen to
  upgrade to MS-DOS 5.0.

The STAC products included here are manufactured by a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products'
performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 5.00 3rdparty stack compress compression

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0

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