Low level of hard drive -- again...

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5 total messages Started by Kevin R. Glazier Wed, 06 Feb 1991 02:56

#508

Author: Kevin R. Glazier
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 1991 02:56

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Many thanks to those who posted or e-mailed me about formatting
my hard drive...but I am not using Zenith's version of DOS.  And
I don't have the prep command.  Any other ideas??
 (I already knew about the prep command.  But I had Zenith DOS
  v 3.3 and I bought DOS 4.01 at a computer store.  Then about
  a week later I got a letter from Zenith to upgrade...)

Kevin

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Zenith DOS 4.01 - compact utility missing

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Author: Barry B. Floyd
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 1991 18:07

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We recently purchased another Zenith workstation, this one came with
DOS 4.01, Windows, ToolBook, etc. already installed. It appears that
the Zenith COMPACT utility is no longer included, and I suspect the
old version is not compatible. What to do?

barryf@aix.rpi.edu
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Zenith backplane technology

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Author: Barry B. Floyd
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 1991 18:15

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We have several flavors of Zenith AT's and workstations.

Some of these have the "backplane" replacement for a motherboard
and "CPU" cards (e.g. 286 cpu on an adapter card). Are there any
Zenith compatible "sx" adapter cards, or Zenith original. I would
prefer SIMM sockets on the card (at least 4M).
 
all info appreciated...
 
barryf@aix.rpi.edu
 
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Re: Low level of hard drive -- again...

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Author: David Paxson
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 1991 00:29

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How about booting up with Zenith DOS 3.3, using PREP, and then when you have
to reboot, boot with MS-DOS 4.0?

Since it is a low-level format, it shouldn't matter what version of DOS you
use.

- David Paxson

Re: Low level of hard drive -- again...

#515

Author: John Harris
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 1991 21:21

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In article <91037.192931DSP@MTUS5.BITNET> DSP@MTUS5.BITNET (David Paxson) writes:
>How about booting up with Zenith DOS 3.3, using PREP, and then when you have
>to reboot, boot with MS-DOS 4.0?
>
>Since it is a low-level format, it shouldn't matter what version of DOS you
>use.
>
>- David Paxson

More precisly.  Boot off Zenith DOS 3.3+ floppy and run PREP. 

                Then run PART, to partition the disk, if needed.

                RE-boot off MS-DOS 4.0 floppy and then format partitions. 
                Using MS-DOS 4.0 system on your boot partition.

In my experience, you should think about getting ZENITH DOS for a Zenith.
On the surface you may never have a problem with MS-DOS running on a Zenith.
But, I'd be wondering about possible pitfalls of doing so, is your data safe?
Will obscure MS-DOS commands work with Zenith's hardware?

John.
CAD Lab Supervisor
Portland State University

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