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- echo off
- cls
- c:
- cd\dos
- echo You are about to install the Disk Operating System on a floppy
- echo diskette in drive A:
- echo THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING THIS:
- echo This makes the floppy diskette have the power to start up the
- echo computer all by itself, before any hard disk gets a chance to do so.
- echo The only time you MIGHT conceivably want to do this would be if you
- echo have received a software demo diskette that specifies the need to
- echo "Install DOS" on the demo diskette. I'm sure there are other reasons.
- echo THE DISADVANTAGES:
- echo If you're using a hard-disk-equipped machine, you won't normally be
- echo needing to do this procedure, because you'll normally be starting
- echo up the computer using the hard disk most of the time.
- echo As a matter of fact, you will nearly always only need diskettes for
- echo backup purposes, and the following procedure is a waste of time and
- echo possibly space.
- echo Again, this is normally NOT NECESSARY for most diskettes, and it hogs
- echo too much storage space.
- echo
- echo Do you want to continue?
- query
- if not errorlevel 1 goto no
- cls
- echo Please make SURE you have the proper diskette in drive A:!!!
- pause
- cls
- echo . . . Presently transferring the first two invisible system files . . .
- echo (These files are called IBMDOS.COM and IBMBIOS.COM).
- echo
- sys A:
- echo . . . Copying the third file over (called COMMAND.COM) . . .
- copy c:\command.com A:
- echo
- echo Okay! You can now start up a computer by using the diskette in
- echo drive A:. You can test this by leaving the disk drive door closed with the same
- echo diskette contained within, and then re-starting the computer, but first . . .
- pause
- :no
- cls
- type menu.txt
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