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- From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
- Subject: Re: Prob. copying 5.0 5.25" setup to 3.5"
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- References: <1993Jan5.154638.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:37:54 GMT
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- 11srust@gallua.gallaudet.edu (Scott A. Rust) writes:
-
- > I'm having a problem copying DOS 5.0 setup disks from their original
- >5.25" HD disks to 3.5" HD disks. The computer I'm installing the program into
- >only handles 3.5. Using diskcopy doesn't work as the computer says the dirves
- >or formats are incompatible. Using copy *.* doesn't work because it doesn't
- >copy the entire disk. Suggestions on what I can use here?
-
- I'm assuming that this is a DOS *upgrade* and not a new installation.
-
- If so, the disks have no files with any special attributes (hidden, system,
- read-only). (I just checked both my 3-1/2" and 5-1/4" absolute masters
- just to be sure.)
-
- In fact, most of our several thousand users upgraded their systems from
- a NetWare server directory I created by using the normal DOS COPY
- command to copy the files from the disks. (and yes, this was done with
- Microsoft approval. We purchased all the necessary licenses.) There
- should be no reason why the COPY command won't copy all the files.
-
- I suspect that your problem is not a missing file but the volume serial
- numbers. A 3-1/2" HD diskette can obviously hold the entire contents
- of a 5-1/4" disk, so you should be able to copy the disks with the COPY
- command (no subdirectories exist, so XCOPY isn't needed), then make
- sure that each target disk is assigned the volume label of the disk
- from which it was copied...and watch the spaces. The volume labels
- are probably of the form:
-
- DISK 1
-
- Note all the embedded spaces. Check each disk as you copy it and
- use the LABEL command to write the appropriate label to your 3-1/2" disk.
-
- Joe Morris / MITRE
-