gasior@khazad-dum.rutgers.edu (Eric Gasior) (06/17/91)
I have an unusual setup on my PC and don't want to take chances when I install DOS 5. I've got an 80286 machine with an RLL hard drive partitioned using Disk Manager. Drive C: is about .25 Meg (yes, as in 250K). Furthermore, the dmdrvr.bin that came with DM won't work with DOS 5. I'm using DM because D: is larger than 32 meg Should I install DOS to floppy, eliminate my hard drive partition, repartition with DOS 3.3's Fdisk (or forget about partitions despite the drive's size), reformat with 3.3 (I really wish the full MSDOS 5 was in the store), then install DOS 5? Eric gasior@hardees.rutgers.edu
yev_g@athena.mit.edu (Yevgeny Gurevich) (06/18/91)
In article <Jun.17.12.04.58.1991.532@khazad-dum.rutgers.edu> gasior@khazad-dum.rutgers.edu (Eric Gasior) writes: >I've got an 80286 machine with an RLL hard drive partitioned using Disk >Manager. Drive C: is about .25 Meg (yes, as in 250K). Furthermore, the >dmdrvr.bin that came with DM won't work with DOS 5. I'm using DM because D: is larger than 32 meg I believe that the DOS 5.0 manual states that the primary DOS Boot partition must be at least 2 megs in size. >Should I install DOS to floppy, eliminate my hard drive partition, >repartition with DOS 3.3's Fdisk (or forget about partitions despite the >drive's size), reformat with 3.3 (I really wish the full MSDOS 5 was in >the store), then install DOS 5? > >Eric I think that your best bet would be to backup your data. Partition your drive to create a reasonably-sized C: drive (10-15 megs, perhaps) and install a bare-bones DOS onto drive C: Even SYS C: will work. Installing DOS 5.0 on top of that should work without a hitch. [===============================================================] [ Yevgeny Gurevich ___/~\____/~\_/~~~~\_/~\______/~\_ ] [ MIT EECS Educational |____/~\__/~\__/~\_____/~\____/~\__| ] [ Computing Facility |_____/~\/~\___/~~~\____/~\__/~\___| ] [ ________________________|______/~~\____/~\_______/~\/~\____| ] [ yev_g@athena.mit.edu |______/~~\____/~~~~\_____/~~\_____| ] [===============================================================]