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DOS Batch File
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1985-12-01
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45 lines
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