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From: robf@mcs213j.cs.umr.edu (Rob Fugina)
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Subject: Re: Cnvrt MS-DOS 5.0 from 3.5 to 5.25 HELP
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Date: 25 Jun 91 03:30:19 GMT
References: <1991Jun18.172626.9926@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <MATELGAR.91Jun24102427@dante.nmsu.edu> <1991Jun25.020553.17607@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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In article <1991Jun25.020553.17607@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) writes:
>>>>Could some kind soul post the directories of the 5.25 version of the MS-DOS
>>>>5.0 upgrade pack so I can make such diskettes from my 3.5's?  (Or can someone
>
>Well, it shouldn't be illegal, if the user
>has paid for the 3 1/2" copy. If he owns a 
>license, he can install it on one machine,
>
>someone else posting an easier way (I 
>think installing it directly onto a 5 1/4"
>floppy, which produces a bootable diskette).

I post this information after seeing (and helping) a friend install Dos5
on his computer.  You don't need to boot from ANY of the 5.0 disks.  Just
copy all of the files to a subdirectory on your hard drive (NOT the
directory you want to install it into, i.e., NOT c:\dos), and run the
SETUP program from there.  If you have this person's problem of having the
wrong media type, us another computer to copy the files from the 3.5" disks
to some 5.25" disks, THEN copy them to the hard drive of the computer
receiving Dos5.  No problem!

Rob  robf@cs.umr.edu