Epson 386, User Manual

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Formatting Diskettes With a Hard Disk
1. If necessary, log onto drive C. If you are not in the directory
where the file FORMAT.COM is stored, change to that directory.
2. When you see the C > prompt, type the following and press
Enter:
FORMAT A:
You see this prompt:
Insert new diskette for drive A:
and strike ENTER when ready
3. Insert the diskette you want to format in drive A and press
Enter.
4. When the diskette is formatted, you see a message similar to this:
Format complete
1213952 bytes total disk space
1213952 bytes available on disk
Format another (Y/N)?
At this point, you can either format another diskette by pressing
Y and
Enter,
or return to the MS-DOS command prompt by
pressing
N
and
Enter.
Formatting Diskettes With Two Diskette Drives
1. Make sure you are logged onto drive A, with your working copy
of the MS-DOS Startup diskette in the drive.
2. When you see the A > prompt, type
FORMAT B
: and press
Enter.
You see this prompt:
Insert new diskette for drive B:
and strike ENTER when ready
3. Insert the diskette you want to format into drive B and press
Enter.
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Using MS-DOS
with Your Equity 386