Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!srhqla!demott!kdq From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DOS installation on non-empty hard-disk Keywords: DOS, SYS Message-ID: <566@demott.COM> Date: 12 Sep 90 18:44:05 GMT References: <1058@beguine.UUCP> Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA Lines: 12 In DOS 3.3, the two files needn't be in the first few sectors, although SYS will fail if it can't put them there. If those sectors are free (or almost enough of them), you can just copy them onto the hard disk. -- _ Kevin D. Quitt demott!kdq kdq@demott.com DeMott Electronics Co. 14707 Keswick St. Van Nuys, CA 91405-1266 VOICE (818) 988-4975 FAX (818) 997-1190 MODEM (818) 997-4496 PEP last 96.37% of all statistics are made up.