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reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:


>In article <aZ2P46w164w@graphics.rent.com>,
>	elund@graphics.rent.com (Eric W. Lund - Subop) writes...
>>
>>The author stated the install disks are not "bootable", and intimated that 
>>creating bootable disks are a major hassle.  Is there any copy protection 
>>(logical, or through "hassle") in DOS 5.0?

>I found this to be the case.  At one point, after I had upgraded from DOS
>3.3 to DOS 5.0, I screwed up my CONFIG.SYS file and couldn't boot off the
>hard drive anymore.  I booted off the old 3.3 floppy ('cause I forgot to
>make a bootable 5.0 disk) but then couldn't access the hard drive anymore!
>The only way to get out of the loop was to re-install 5.0 on the hard drive.
>There was no way for me to make a 5.0 boot disk with the 5.0 upgrade disks I
>had.

I got into this situation in exactly the same manner; the trick was to
bang on the BREAK key while booting the uninstall diskette.  Then edit
the bug out of CONFIG.SYS, reboot the fixed disk, and MAKE A BOOTABLE
FLOPPY...dammit.

Your problem is probably the same one that bit me: the DOS5 installation
rebuilt the FAT to BIGDOS format, which is unknown to DOS 3.3 and prevents
it from recognizing the DOS partition.

Joe