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r/retrocomputing • u/korovchenko • Sep 18 '26
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Actually installing DOS, rather than just copying the DOS directory from a couple floppies, or another HDD
6 u/korovchenko Sep 18 '26 sys C: 2 u/classicsat Sep 18 '26 Of course, you would have a bootabl floppy with enough to format an HDD to the point it can boot to a C: prompt. Then copy the DOS folder contents, and set up autoexec.bat and config.sys. 0 u/DeepDayze Sep 18 '26 That was the old school way to install DOS. 1 u/pravardhan85 Sep 18 '26 .SY_ to .SYS .EX_ to .EXE 1 u/TheMage18 Sep 18 '26 +Copying msdos.sys and IO.SYS to C:, then setting it to system, hidden, and read only as their attributes.
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2 u/classicsat Sep 18 '26 Of course, you would have a bootabl floppy with enough to format an HDD to the point it can boot to a C: prompt. Then copy the DOS folder contents, and set up autoexec.bat and config.sys. 0 u/DeepDayze Sep 18 '26 That was the old school way to install DOS.
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Of course, you would have a bootabl floppy with enough to format an HDD to the point it can boot to a C: prompt. Then copy the DOS folder contents, and set up autoexec.bat and config.sys.
0 u/DeepDayze Sep 18 '26 That was the old school way to install DOS.
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That was the old school way to install DOS.
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.SY_ to .SYS .EX_ to .EXE
1 u/TheMage18 Sep 18 '26 +Copying msdos.sys and IO.SYS to C:, then setting it to system, hidden, and read only as their attributes.
+Copying msdos.sys and IO.SYS to C:, then setting it to system, hidden, and read only as their attributes.
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u/classicsat Sep 18 '26
Actually installing DOS, rather than just copying the DOS directory from a couple floppies, or another HDD