Hi!
8-Мар-2004 03:56 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Paul) wrote to
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>> There is such (current) order of source and target in SYS:
>> SYS {options} targetdrive:
>> SYS {options} sourcedrive: targetdrive: [bootsector.file]
>> SYS {options} sourcepath targetdrive: [bootsector.file]
>> But there also possible to handle <sourcepath> after <targetdrive:>:
>> SYS {options} targetdrive: sourcepath [bootsector.file]
>> Is there objections against adding (any of) these two possibility
>> (<sourcepath> after <targetdrive:> and <bootsector.file> in any
MP> This is almost perfectly okay, although you should documented the
MP> *official* order of arguments as used by DR-DOS/MS-DOS/PC DOS:
MP> SYS {options} [sourcepath] targetdrive:
See the difference: "source-drive:" and "source-path" are handled
differently - with "drive:" system files will also be searched not only at
"drive:.\", but also at "drive:\".
MP> In regard to the problem of some machines' IPL not supporting DL = bootunit.
MP> Since the DR-DOS 7.02+ SYS was the first DR-DOS tool to write out bootsectors
MP> depending on DL (since virtually all machines today support DL and this will
Is DR-DOS also depends on DL in bootsectors for diskettes?
MP> allow various boot specials in the future), it also introduced a new option
MP> to revert the behaviour to the *o*ld use of fixed value 00h and 80h.
MP> /O[:nnn] Override auto-detection of boot drive unit
MP> (n=0..126,128..254).
Fine.
MP> So, if you don't specify /O, it will use the modern boot sector taking
MP> advantage of DL. If you specify /O it will use the boot unit value
MP> stored in the XBPB and patch this to either 00h or 80h depending on
MP> what kind of target media was detected.
"It" - SYS or bootsector? And how relates "00/80h" and "detected"?
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