====================================================================== Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) PD0473: INSTALLING MS-DOS FROM DRIVE B ====================================================================== Revision Date: 4/93 No Disk Included The following information applies to Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Upgrade, 6.0 Upgrade. -------------------------------------------------------------------- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an | | Application Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY | | KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO | | THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A | | PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the | | accuracy and the use of this Application Note. This Application | | Note may be copied and distributed subject to the following | | conditions: 1) All text must be copied without modification and | | all pages must be included; 2) If software is included, all files | | on the disk(s) must be copied without modification [the MS-DOS(R) | | utility DISKCOPY is appropriate for this purpose]; 3) All | | components of this Application Note must be distributed together; | | and 4) This Application Note may not be distributed for profit. | | | | Copyright 1991-1993 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. | | Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows | | is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. | -------------------------------------------------------------------- You can use drive B instead of drive A to install Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade and MS-DOS 6 Upgrade. For this setup procedure, you need your MS-DOS 5 Upgrade or MS-DOS 6 Upgrade disks and one or two blank disks. The blank disk(s) you supply should be unformatted or newly formatted. NOTE: If you are upgrading a version of MS-DOS earlier than version 3.0, you must use drive A to run Setup. TO INSTALL THE MS-DOS 5 UPGRADE OR MS-DOS 6 UPGRADE FROM DRIVE B ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Start your computer with your current version of MS-DOS. 2. If you are installing MS-DOS 5 Upgrade, insert Disk 1 from your MS- DOS 5 Upgrade package in drive B. If you are installing MS-DOS 6 Upgrade, insert Disk 1 from your MS-DOS 6 Upgrade package in drive B. 3. Type "b:setup" (without the quotation marks) and follow the instructions on your screen. 4. Setup asks you to insert the Uninstall disk(s), which is the blank unformatted or newly formatted disk you supply. Insert this disk in drive A. Setup cannot continue unless you insert a blank or newly formatted disk in drive A. You must use drive A because Setup copies files onto the Uninstall disk(s) that MS-DOS needs to start your computer if you ever decide to restore your earlier version of MS-DOS. RELATED INFORMATION ------------------- For more information about the MS-DOS Setup program, see Chapter 2 of the "Microsoft MS-DOS Getting Started" guide for MS-DOS 5 Upgrade or see MS-DOS Help for MS-DOS 6 Upgrade (type "help" [without the quotation marks] at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER). For more information about the Uninstall disk, see Chapter 2 of the "Microsoft MS-DOS Getting Started" guide for MS-DOS 5 Upgrade or see MS-DOS Help for MS-DOS 6 Upgrade (type "help" [without the quotation marks] at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER).