On 5/11/22 21:07, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
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
This is a very good point. Bill what OS is your hard drive? I am not
sure if you need the disk you're creating to match the hard drive or
not, but it will make life a lot easier if they are the same. LDOS,
NEWDOS, TRSDOS, CP/M are all very different and only NEWDOS attempts
at being compatible with other OS's.
Because my "hard disks" are FreHD, MISE and M3SE I have multiple
operating systems. I plan to work with CP/M, TRSDOS, LDOS, LS-DOS,
DosPlus and NEWDOS80. They were all the ones I worked with back
when the TRS-80 was still new and I actually still have copies of
disks and documentation for most of it. CP/M and DosPlus were my
favorites.
bill
