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In article <jcmorris.677278372@mwunix.mitre.org> jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) writes:
>reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:
>>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.

This must be a common problem ... either through cockpit-error or bugs I 
ended up with a config.sys of size 0.  I couldn't locate my dos3.3 (or 
4.0 for that matter) but borrowed a friend's DR-DOS 5.0 ... that booted ok 
& I was able to re-create a minimum config.sys to get me going again.

I tried to re-install 5.0 as a means of re-creating the config.sys, but 
it apparently "noticed" that I already had dos5 installed and would ONLY 
let me make a set of floppies (including a bootable one).

Another note of interest ... someone who was setting up a new system here 
(used to the dos4's setup program initializing things for you on a new 
system without a formatted HD) tried to do the same with the 5.0 upgrade 
disks he got ... it would only make a set of bootable floppies ... moral 
of the story, if you run into this difficulty, disable your hard disk & 
then follow the "normal setup procedure ... after the first floppy has 
been created, you now have a bootable 5.0 disk.


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