arg@netcom.UUCP (01) (03/20/89)
I am trying to make a backup of a CP/M boot disk for a TRS-80 Model II micro, and seem to be having no luck. I no longer have the master disk, and there seems to be no program that will transfer the first two tracks of the diskette. (8", 600kb). I have made one backup with the program DU.COM, but it no longer seems to work. Any and all help would be greatly apprecieated, as this system is running a BBS on the only CP/M system disk I have.... +------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Greg Argendeli | San Jose Access System (public) | | Technical Resource Coordinator | 1+ (408) 267-7926 (1200 8,n,1) | | National University, San Jose, CA | 24 Hours | | Path(s): netcom!arg +----------------------------------+ | netcom!nusjarg!arg | Home of the Epicenter! | | netcom!nusjarg!nusjecs!arg|----------------------------------+ | nusedcs!nusjecs!arg (At least ONE should work...) + +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey) (03/21/89)
In article <23@netcom.UUCP> arg@netcom.UUCP (01) writes: >I am trying to make a backup of a CP/M boot disk for a TRS-80 Model II >micro, and seem to be having no luck. I no longer have the master >disk, and there seems to be no program that will transfer the first two >tracks of the diskette. (8", 600kb). I have made one backup with the >program DU.COM, but it no longer seems to work. Any and all help would >be greatly apprecieated, as this system is running a BBS on the only >CP/M system disk I have.... > In order to transfer the system tracks (and make a disk bootable), you need to run your SYSGEN program. This program is hardware specific to each machine, and will copy the first two (or whatever is required) tracks from a bootable disk to another new (or non-system) disk. The program will vary slightly from machine to machine, but it goes something like this: A>SYSGEN SYSGEN Version n.n Source drive name: A Dest. drive name: B (or A if you only have one drive) Be sure to write protect the original disk (remove the write enable tab). When you enter the source drive name, the program will read the system boot track(s) into memory. When it has finished, it will prompt you for the destination drive. If you only have 1 drive, remove the original and insert the disk you want to copy to. THEN AND ONLY THEN, enter the destination drive name. Hope this helps. Bob Bailey