Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cyb-eng.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!oakhill!cyb-eng!bc From: bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: RE: converting from 2.X to 3.X Message-ID: <612@cyb-eng.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 23:42:32 EDT Article-I.D.: cyb-eng.612 Posted: Fri Aug 9 23:42:32 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 07:39:24 EDT References: <8772@microsoft.UUCP> Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, TX Lines: 17 > Note that this is an unlikely condition. Most people will SYS to their hard > disk when they first get it; well in advance of putting any files on the > disk. > This means that IBMDOS and IBMBIO are continuous. It is unlikely that IBMBIO > will grow beyond their combined size. What about those of us who are used to using the /b switch on format to distribute our software without also distributing DOS? DOS 3.x users will not be able to SYS their DOS onto the diskettes to make them bootable. Am I missing something? -- / \ Bill Crews ( bc ) Cyb Systems, Inc \__/ Austin, Texas [ gatech | ihnp4 | nbires | seismo | ucb-vax ] ! ut-sally ! cyb-eng ! bc