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From: gardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Double-sided disk for LDOS 5.3
Message-ID: <858@kodak.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-May-87 08:24:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: kodak.858
Posted: Wed May 20 08:24:15 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 05:54:40 EDT
References: <12082@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: gardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, NY
Lines: 23
Keywords: LDOS 5.3, Model III
Summary: Try COPY command

In article <12082@topaz.rutgers.edu> wchao@topaz.rutgers.edu (William Chao) writes:
>
>   Can someone tell me how to make double-sided LDOS 5.3 boot-disks
>from a single-sided LDOS 5.3 master disk.  I tried first by formatting
>double-sided and then issue a BACKUP :0 :1 (S,I) to get the system
>files copied over, but it will not boot, I'll get a DISK-ERROR message
>on the screen.  I have successfully made double-sided boot-disks
>for LS-DOS 6.3 by doing exactly the same thing and it works fine.
>   What's going on here?????
>
If I remember correctly, BACKUP creates a mirror image copy.  You should
be able to COPY files from an SD diskette to a DD without problem.

Also, the QFB utility will do a conversion when backing up, (I think).


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   Dick Gardner -- Eastman Kodak Co.  Rochester, New York  14650
                   Phone: (716) 477-1002
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