> >Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 06:24:38 -0400 >From: Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshan...@hotmail.com> >To: Fred Cisin <ci...@xenosoft.com>, "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >Subject: Re: The TRS-80 Journey Continues > >>On 5/10/22 22:33, Fred Cisin wrote: >>On Tue, 10 May 2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>DDensity.? I thought there was a single command to make the system >>part and then you just added the Utilities you wanted. >> >> >>Was it SYSGEN? > >As near as I can tell SYSGEN only modifies a file (or two) but >does not copy any files to a new location. > >Bill >
No, SYSGEN is the CP/M command to initialize a blank, formatted disk with the CP/M system: “The SYSGEN transient command allows generation of an initialized disk containing the CP/M operating system. The SYSGEN program prompts the console for commands by interacting as shown...” (From http://www.gaby.de/cpm/manuals/archive/cpm22htm/ch1.htm#Section_1.6.6). SYSGEN puts the CP/M system files on a reserved (not visible) area of the disk. It is a separate program, not a built-in command. On the Osborne (which I used), CP/M was 4KB in size. You can use then use PIP to copy the other, visible files. Bob
