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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 5 Jul 1996.
Re: do you have any sierra games??

Re: do you have any sierra games??

�Keeper of Miseries� (mis...@mindspring.com) wrote:
	Actually the correct line to type in would be: format a: /s
That would copy all the files except your config.sys and autoexec.bat.
This way it tells the computer that you're making a bootdisk.

: bre...@mail.sunlink.net (Brian) roared:
: 
: ->>I don't have the files handy, but here are instructions on how to make 
: ->your own Boot disk:
: ->
: ->1) At DOS prompt, type format A: (or whatever the name of your drive is)
: ->   Answer all its little questions.
: ->2) After formating, go to your hard drive's root directory (eg. C:\)
: ->   and a.) type copy autoexec.bat A:\
: ->       b.) type copy config.sys A:\
: ->       c.) type copy command.com A:\
: ->3) type SYS A:
: 
: It would be good to also include format.com and attrib.exe to the sys
: disk 'just in case'.  However,  this is if you wish to keep the disk
: as an emergency boot disk  <aka,  not just for clean boot reasons> and
: it would be good to write-protect the diskette.
: 
: To those of you unfamiliar with these commands,  don't bother adding
: format.com.  It can cause serious loss of data if you don't know what
: you're doing and if you don't know the appropiate situations to use
: that file.
: 
: --Miseries
: 

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From: hen...@sim.zipnet.com (Henry Tran)
Subject: Re: do you have any sierra games??
Date: 1996/07/05
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