On Mon, 20 May 2002 22:08:16 -0700, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Sat, 18 May 2002 17:23:12 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 May 2002 07:12:34 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: >> I tried in vein again last evening to create a bootable diskette >> of DR-Dos v3.31 (wasted 3hrs and still no success) >> If anyone else would like to have a go at it. >> I got it all a little iover a year ago and burned it onto CD. > I have in the past enjoyed some success in creating bootable disks of > a LOWER version of DOS by copying the system files OVER the system > files of a bootable disk for a HIGHER version of DOS. In order to > copy the system files you will of course have to use the ATTRIB command > to remove the AHRS attributes on the bootable diskette of the higher > version. Sometimes it helps to rename the system files of the higher > version so that they would have the same names as those of the lower > version. This tends to insure that they will be copied over to the > same corresponding sector. After the system files of the higher > version have been overwritten by those of the lower version, then you > will have to re-attribute them to the +AHRS values. This technique > would usually work for me after making from about one to five attempts > and using different floppies. I'm going to try this technique at > making a bootable floppy for DR-DOS 3.31. I have the system files, but > no disk image. I will report right back with the results of my > experiment. > Sam Heywood Yep. That's one of the methods I tried during the aforementioned 3hrs of wasted time. :((( Here's hoping that you have more success than I. -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
