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Article #3154Re: DOS installation on non-empty hard-disk
From: Kevin D. Quitt
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 18:44
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 18:44
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In DOS 3.3, the two files needn't be in the first few sectors,
although SYS will fail if it can't put them there. If those sectors are
free (or almost enough of them), you can just copy them onto the hard disk.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!srhqla!demott!kdq From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DOS installation on non-empty hard-disk Keywords: DOS, SYS Message-ID: <566@demott.COM> Date: 12 Sep 90 18:44:05 GMT References: <1058@beguine.UUCP> Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA Lines: 12