Re: [Thinkpad] [TP 600X] Has anyone actually booted from a PC Card?

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From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 14 2002 - 15:18:18 EST

> >I would still have a go with MS-DOS 6.0, which is what I used on my
> >drive. Unless you do, you won't really know if it is the drive or
> >the OS.
>
> And the difference between IBM PC DOS 7 and MS DOS 6 is what? --
> Besides the fact that IBM fixed some bugs MS didn't?

The difference is that they were written by different companies, are internally entirely different pieces of software,
and that MS DOS 6.0 is known to work on a flash disk in my machine whereas PD DOS 7 is not. This is not a question of whether one OS is better than another, it is simply a matter of reducing variables in a diagnosis.

- David R.

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