On 5/11/22 09:32, Bill Degnan wrote:
Each OS has its own process. PIP to copy the rest of the files if
you're using CP/M
Trsdos 6. (I think)
FORMAT :0
BACKUP $:x :1 (SYS,INV)
Where x is your hard drive letter.
Depends how much is on your hard drive. If possible use a floppy to
make a boot disk, less variables to manage. I have a model 4p with hard
drive at the shop but the floppy disk drive needs to be replaced
Tried it on LS-DOS 6.3.1. Was surprised it worked at all as I
am used to BACKUP complaining that SOURCE and DESTINATION are
not the same format.
In any event, it ran till it filled up the disk and then asked
another disk. Not sure what it would do with another disk but
in any event, the first disk is not bootable. So my search
continues. Maybe I'll try doing it again and actually give it
another disk. Maybe it doesn't write the boot track until the
last thing.
Still think there should be a documented method for doing this.
bill
I looked it up, BACKUP is only for like disks, sorry I thought it
might work. :-)
Interestingly, it does work from the hard disk to the floppy. The
second (and I assume subsequent disks) is a data disk and doesn't
boot. The first disk tries to boot but my guess is it has a hard
disk boot block which won;t work from a floppy. :-)
You could try clearning your hard drive, installing only the contents
of a single boot disk and then backing that up to disk using the
method I suggested. That *might* work, but you'd have to re-build
your hard drive again.
Based on the results of my last attempt, I doubt it would work.
Looks like there is a need to figure out how to install a boot
block and what files need to be copied to make usable floppies
for all the OSes. Yet another task to work on.
I still can't believe there is no documented way to do this
already!!
bill
