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From: hagens@uwvax.UUCP (Rob Hagens)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: ibm dos 3.1 vs 2.0
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 10:57:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 10:57:46 1985
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I have an XT. As an experiment, I booted dos 3.1 from floppy. I then
used 'sys' to transfer dos to the hard disk. 3.1 would boot from the disk.
Then I tried booting 2.0 from floppy. Again I used 'sys' to transfer
2.0 to the hard disk. Now I can't boot from the hard disk. If I transfer
3.1 over, I can boot from the hard disk. 

The question is: why, after installing dos 3.1, is it impossible to 
install 2.0 so as to boot from it? (I realize  I can get back to 2.0 
by reformating the disk, but I would rather not).


Rob Hagens
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