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zbenjudah



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zbenjudah 26 Nov 2004, 21:05
I have been working on my linux box and the thought occured to me what exctly is
the differance or rather whats the similarities of dos and linux as far as kernel comprableness. My understanding in linux is you have vmluz which is the kenel and some boot secter code to boot it. Under dos u have command.com msdos io.sys which one of the three dos files is most = to vmliuz or the kernel????......
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crc



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crc 27 Nov 2004, 01:39
command.com = /bin/sh
io.sys + msdos.sys = vmlinuz

Linux is a far more complex kernel than is DOS. It provides support for most of the hardware, loadable driver modules, full memory protection, and multitasking. DOS, being a simpler kernel, doesn't do much at all in comparison. Another difference is that DOS is 16-bit, while Linux is 32-bit. I find 32-bit assembly easier to deal with, but that's my opinion.
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veach1



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veach1 27 Nov 2004, 07:32
China DOS Union made DOS v7.10:
http://newdos.yginfo.net/msdos71/whatsnew.htm
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ASHLEY4



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ASHLEY4 27 Nov 2004, 15:35
I have never understud how they get away with this ver of Dos ?.
Its basically the dos that come with win98 .
And we all know what M$, is like for protecting it's software.

Still the best ver available.

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ASHLEY4.

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