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From: djk@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Doug Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: DOS sys commands
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.205857.5161@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 91 20:58:57 GMT
References: <1991Jan23.142128.8943@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <91023.141335PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <91023.141335PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu> David L. Phillips <PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>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
>
>
I did, and at the end of the format i got the message "no room for system files"
So, then i used the 4.01 Fdisk command, deleted the dos partition, and installed
a new one, made it active, then reformatted with the /s option. same result. Sys
c: also gave the no room for system files error.  Maybe this is a hardware prob.
 thanks
Doug