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to: MIKE TRIPP
from: bob klahn
date: 2009-10-01 22:16:00
subject: MS-DOS 6.22

KK>> Now do I have to make three MS-DOS Boot disks and expand the files
 KK>> onto the right disks? Disk 1 Disk 2 and Disk 3

 MT> Nope...works like installing Windows.  Disk1 is bootable
 MT> and AUTOEXEC runs setup routine which walks you through
 MT> FDISK and FORMAT options to prep the hard disk, and calls
 MT> EXPAND itself to extract files, prompts you to swap
 MT> floppies, etc.

 I have always found, if you have a bootable disk, you can just
 expand all the files to a single directory, and not bother with
 the floppies.

 KK>> Any easy way to do this, so I have a "working" copy
of MS-DOS 6.22
 KK>> on 1.44 floppies? Ready to install if need be, I have a
 KK>> workstation running MS-DOS 6.22 connecting to my server.

 ...

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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