Command: version
VERSION tells FreeDOS what version of DOS to report.
VERSION is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.
Syntax:
version=x.y
Where x and y are numbers (they each can have one or more digits).
The default value is 5.0.
Options:
- none -
Comments:
VERSION is a FreeDOS specific command to specify what DOS version to
report. For a kernel with FAT32 support, 7.10 is a good choice.
Otherwise, 5.0 and 6.22 are common values. FreeCOM command.com
'ver /r' displays both the reported and the FreeDOS internal version
numbers. VERSION does not change the FreeCOM version number as reported
by running 'ver'.
However, the DOS version number is changed, as reported in 'ver /R'.
VERSION is needed to make some old DOS programs think that it works with
the correct DOS version.
VERSION is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
in order to work.
Examples:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
version=6.22
See also:
callver
config.sys
fdconfig.sys
(setver)
ver
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Copyright (C) 1998 Jim Hall, updated 2011 by W. Spiegl.
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