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From: PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu (David L. Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: DOS sys commands
Message-ID: <91023.141335PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 91 19:13:35 GMT
References: <1991Jan23.142128.8943@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <1991Jan23.142128.8943@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, djk@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Doug
Kelly) says:
>
>recently tried to put 4.01 on a system that previously had 3.1.  The sys
>command returned a "no room for system files" error.  The disk was reformatted
>with 4.01 and still couldnt accept system files?  Anyone know what's going on
>here? thanks in advance
>
The system files must be in contiguous sectors.  That is not possible when you
upgrade to a later and larger version.  The proper approach is to format with
the new version using the /S switch that automatically puts the system files
on your disk as it is formatted:
                                FORMAT C: /S