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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Novell DOS
<operating system, product> {Novell}'s fully compatible
alternative to {MS-DOS}. It is intended as an {operating
system} for {workstations} on {Novell} networks. It features
enhanced {memory management} that moves the operating system,
{network drivers}, and {memory-resident programs} ({TSRs}) out
of conventional memory on all systems with an {Intel 80286} or
later processor and {extended memory} or {expanded memory}.
It supports {preemptive multitasking} and {peer-to-peer
networking} using the same {DOS Requester} and {VLMs} for a
"common client" with native {Novell NetWare}.
A data {compression} utility effectively doubles storage
capacity of the hard disk. It supports disk
{defragmentation}, a read/write {disk cache} for better
performance of both DOS and {Microsoft Windows} {application
programs}. An undelete utility recovers erased files, even on
network drives. It has a complete on-line reference guide,
command help, and menu-driven install and setup utilities for
easy configuration changes.
Novell DOS has internal and external commands like {MS-DOS}.
The following commands have been significantly enhanced in
Novell DOS: CHKDSK, DISKCOPY, HELP, MEM, REPLACE, UNDELETE,
and XCOPY. Novell DOS also includes many new commands such as
XDIR, CURSOR, XDEL, TOUCH, SCRIPT, and RENDIR.
Version: 7.
(1995-04-14)