< 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 ( TSR s) 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 VLM s 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)