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blog:pcdos71 [2021/05/19 13:51] – [Add PC-DOS 7.1 System Updates] johnblog:pcdos71 [2021/05/19 13:55] (current) – [Boot, Partition and Format] john
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 Taken from https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=80531 Taken from https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=80531
  
-==== PC-DOS 2000 Boot Floppy ====+==== PC-DOS 7.0/2000 Boot Floppy ====
  
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-Get a PC-DOS 2000 boot floppy and leave just the following files:+Get a PC-DOS 7.0/2000 boot floppy and leave just the following files:
  
 ATTRIB.EXE ATTRIB.EXE
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 ==== Boot, Partition and Format ==== ==== Boot, Partition and Format ====
  
-Boot from the PC-DOS 2000 floppy and partition your drive as needed. +Boot from the PC-DOS 7.0/2000 floppy and partition your drive as needed.  
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 +Make sure you 'sys' the drive using //format /s//
  
 //Warning: I found that formatting a FAT32 partition was not supported and had to do that on another system, though the formatted partition did actually show up fine after being created on another system.// //Warning: I found that formatting a FAT32 partition was not supported and had to do that on another system, though the formatted partition did actually show up fine after being created on another system.//
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 Get a copy of the newer PC-DOS 7.1 files (they are under 1MB in total) and copy them to a floppy disk under a PCDOS71 folder. Get a copy of the newer PC-DOS 7.1 files (they are under 1MB in total) and copy them to a floppy disk under a PCDOS71 folder.
  
-=== Removing PC-DOS 7.0 Files ===+=== Removing PC-DOS 7.0/2000 Files ===
  
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