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From: abc@adm.BRL.MIL (Brinton Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Install MS-DOS on BLUE AT
Keywords: MS-DOS,AT,hard-drive
Message-ID: <22422@adm.BRL.MIL>
Date: 11 Feb 90 23:09:58 GMT
Organization: Ballistic Research Laboratory
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I am trying to install MS-DOS 3.30 on a very old IBM PC/AT.  To date the
machine, it has 360 K floppy drives.  IT has a 20 Meg hard drive that I
have partitioned into two 10 Meg partitions.  (I will be installing
Minix on the non-DOS partition.)

I have run the following command:

	SELECT A: C:\DOS 001 US

	It formats the C: partition, copies COMMAND.COM and the hidden
files to the C: partition, and copies all the DOS files to  C:\DOS.

	However, when I try to boot from the hard disk, it comes up in
the GW BASIC that's in ROM.

	I've also tried the more primitive approach of using FORMAT/S
followed by SYS C: but with the same results.

	What is happening (or not happening)?  Has anyone seen this
behavior before?  

	Post results or send e-mail; the latter would be preferable, but
you should do what's easiest for you.

	Thanks,

_Brint

-- 
_Brinton Cooper		BRL - Where "Research" is our Middle Name.