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EPC-2 HARDWARE REFERENCE
Disk Formatting
The hard disk in the EPC-2 is shipped from the factory low-level formatted with the
proper interleave factor. Depending on the context in which you ordered the EPC-2, the
disk is either bootable (containing an operating system and other software pre-installed)
or empty and not high-level formatted.
If you wish to install a different operating system, including a version of MS-DOS ear-
lier than version 4.0, you will probably need to first reformat the disk. Follow the in-
structions in your operating system manual. For instance, to install MS-DOS 3.3, you
will need to run the MS-DOS 4.0 FDISK program to delete the partition and then boot
the system from the MS-DOS 3.3 floppy diskette and use the FDISK and SELECT pro-
grams.
When installing DOS from floppy diskettes, be careful not to intermix Microsoft's ver-
sion of DOS (MS-DOS) with IBM's version (PC-DOS). This can cause problems
because the hidden files referenced by the boot block have different names in each. If
you are installing MS-DOS, install it using original MS-DOS diskettes or diskettes
formatted on an MS-DOS system. If you are installing PC-DOS, install it using original
PC-DOS diskettes or diskettes formatted on a PC-DOS system.
Floppy Disk Formatting
Floppy diskettes can be formatted with the standard DOS or OS/2 format command,
such as
format a:
which will format the diskette in drive A as a 1.44 MB nonsystem diskette. A frequent
mistake is using this command to format a 720 KB diskette. To format a 720 KB
diskette, use the command
format a: /N:9 /T:80
Low-level IDE (AT) Disk Formatting
For low-level formatting of an IDE hard drive, a disk utility must be used, such as
DOSUTILS from Ontrack Computer Systems, Inc., QAPlus from DiagSoft, Inc.,
AMIDIAG from American Megatrends Inc., or SuperSoft Service Diagnostics from
SuperSoft Inc.
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