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From: johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Conan the Barbarian)
Subject: Re: Wanted: PC-Ditto I Help (the software version)
Message-ID: <278D6EC6.24119@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
References: <CWILLIAM.91Jan10155559@mimsy.umd.edu>
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 91 07:52:38 GMT

In article <CWILLIAM.91Jan10155559@mimsy.umd.edu> cwilliam@mimsy.umd.edu (Christopher Williamson) writes:
>[...]
>I have gotten PC-Ditto to run, it recognizes 4 partitions on the hard
>drive (from the initial screen), I insert a DOS 3.30 floppy, which 
>successfully boots and I am faced by an A> prompt.  HOWEVER, when I
>attempt to FORMAT C: /S as requested it gives a divide by zero error.
>When I do an FDISK I get another divide by zero error.  Help me!
>[...]

	Formatting your hard drive was major overkill.  You don't need to
do that to install DOS on it.

	Just type "SYS C:" and that will copy all the system files.  I think
that should be enough to get you booted.  I think SYS also modifies the
boot sector so that DOS can boot off of it.  Either way, once you've done
that you could just copy your DOS files to drive C: ( you could even do the
copying from the desktop if you wanted ) and that's all it takes.

	Formatting your hard drive is a lot to sacrifice to get DOS on
the hard drive.  Heck, just having DOS take up the space is a waste! :-)

	I don't know about the rest of your problems.  Wish I could help.
Good luck.

-- 
John Schmitt
johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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