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From: jec@nesac2.att.com (John Carter ATLN SADM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Problems with sys
Summary: volume label also causes problem
Keywords: upgrade sys hidden files
Message-ID: <80@nesac2.att.com>
Date: 23 Oct 89 18:19:03 GMT
References: <4495@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <20028@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Organization: A.T.&T. Lisle, Ill.
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In article <20028@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, peper1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (J. Christian A. Peper) writes:
] In article aj5@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Basden) writes:
] ]    I'm having some trouble upgrading from PC-DOS 3.1 to MS-DOS 3.3 on 
] ]my 386 clone.  When I try to sys my hard drive, I get a 'not enough
] ]room' error.  I suspect that this is because the hidden files are
] ]bigger in 3.3,  but I thought that the hidden dos and bios files no longer
] ]had to be contiguous.
] ]    Any suggestions on how I can do this without reformating my 80 meg
] ]hard drive?
] 
] i had the same problem with a 3.5" disk. even though it said there was
] 1.2Meg free, I could not do a "c:sys a:".
] t gave me the same error msg.
] 
] Chris.
] -- 
] * PEPER1@PITTVMS.BITNET		peper1@unix.cis.pitt.edu      	    *

Floppies will NOT accept the system if the volume label is put on during
formatting and the 'sys' command is run later (AT&T MS-DOS 3.2).  
Haven't encountered this with a hard disk, but maybe if you delete the volume
label and then try copying the system ?????

Of course, you can always do it the long way - I backup and low level format
the 10 meg hard disk on the machine at home about every 6-8 months, so that's
what I usually do for a DOS upgrade.  The machine was used when I got it two
and half years ago and it's still running OK, so I think this is a worthwhile
investment of time.
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