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From: garygm@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gary Brainin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Trouble installing DOS 4.01
Summary: (forgive me if this is a FAQ, but I couldn't find it)
Message-ID: <1991Apr20.061909.24406@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 20 Apr 91 06:19:09 GMT
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   I have a no-name ("IPC") 386 which currently has DOS 3.3 on it.
Feeling constrained by the 35MB limit on my hard drive, I attempted
last night to load DOS 4.01, and was rebuffed.  After repartitioning
my hard drive, I ran the select program, and when it got to the point
that it asks you to put in a scratch disk, it told me that my disk was
defective.

   I tried this several times, formatting the disk with DOS 4.01
(loaded from the floppy), and switching floppies a couple of times.
Eventually I gave up and re-installed 3.3 in disgust.

   One odd side note: when I tried "format a:" from 4.01 it gave me an
invalid parameter error, but "format a: /f:1440" (my a drive is a
1.44M 3.5") seemed to work.  "Format b:" and "format c:" worked fine.

   I tried RTFM, but it didn't even _imply_ that such a thing could
happen.  Any ideas?

			-Gary
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