Olympia People, User Manual

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External Program
SYS (System)
The system files, IO.SYS and
MSDOS.SYS are hidden files
that do not appear when the
DIR command is executed. The
external program SYS transfers
the MS-DOS system files from
the diskette in the default drive
to the diskette in the drive
specified.
The purpose of SYS is to
update the system on a
formatted diskette which
contains no files. To transfer the
system files from drive A to
drive B, type:
• SYS B:
• [RETURN]
People
OLYMPIA INTERNATIONAL
VERSION 1.21 21.10.83
MS-DOS version 2.00
Copyright 1981,82,83 Microsoft Corp.
Command v.202
Current date is Tue 1-01-1980
Enter new date: 1-01-84
Current time is: 8:30:14:32
Enter new time: 12:00
A > SYS B:
System transferred
O LYM PIA
• • •
NOTE:
MS-DOS Transfers IO.SYS
first and then proceeds to
transfer MSDOS.SYS. If
IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS
are on the destination
diskette, they must take up
the same amount of space
on the diskette as the new
system will need.
COMMAND.COM (the
command processor must
be transfered by using the
COPY command.
If SYS detects an error, one
of the following messages
will be displayed:
• No room for system on
destination disk
This message indicates that
there is not enough room on
the destination diskette for
the IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS
files.
• Incompatible system size
This message is telling the
operator that the system
files IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS
do not take up the same
amount of space on the
destination diskette as
the new system will need.
For further information on the
external program SYS, refer to
the MS-DOS Operating System
User’s Guide.
You must specify the drive
you are transferring the
SYS
files to.
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