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From: aja@i.cc.purdue.edu (Mike Rowan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Updating DOS on a harddisk
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Date: Sun, 8-Nov-87 01:16:25 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  8 01:16:25 1987
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In article <3418@ece-csc.UUCP>, azk@ece-csc.UUCP (Anwer Kotob) writes:
> Hello out there:
> I have the following problem: In the course of updating from DOS 2.1
> to DOS 3.1, I did the following:
> 	1- erased IBMBIOS.COM and IBMDOS.COM from the harddisk,
> 	2- did some more deleting and copying,
> 	3- then tried to do: SYS C:
> 
> what I got is a message saying that there is no room for the system on C:
> 
> The HD was formatted (when first bought) using the /S flag and used to boot 
> up just fine (with DOS 2.1). Also, the drive still has lots of space left.
> 

   I had some problems a couple of years (?? that long!?) ago.  I think there 
is an incompatability between [12].X and 3.X.  The booting programs need
to be in certian places and I think that 3.X wont fit where 2.x left off.
i finally just backed everything off (its easy with a maxtor!) and 
re-formated.  (try the 3.3 format -- its a blast!) Now this is a LONG
way around and there are shorter ways if you know where on the disk the 
boot files need to be, just get rid of whats there.  I dont know exactly
where this is though and reformating took lots less time than digging up
stuff like that (espescially without net access).  Hope this helps :-)

mike (aja@i.cc.purdue.edu)