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.BAT and .TXT files for DOS 2.0
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for use with hard disk.
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| FORMAT utility for the |
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| IBM-XT with DOS 2.0. |
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| by Burgess Allison |
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This is a method for protecting your
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hard disk from being accidentally erased
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by IBM's FORMAT command. If you loaded
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DOS onto the hard disk, then enter the
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FORMAT command with no parameters, it
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automatically begins erasing the default
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drive. If you're in C: you're in trouble.
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Instructions for using the utility
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are explained in the batch file.
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To install the utility, create a
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sub-directory called PCDOS:
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MD PCDOS <return>
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CD PCDOS <return>
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Copy the FORMAT.BAT file into this
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directory. Create, from within PCDOS, a
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sub-directory called FORMAT:
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MD FORMAT <return>
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CD FORMAT <return>
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Create, from within FORMAT, another
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sub-directory called SAFETY:
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MD SAFETY <return>
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CD SAFETY <return>
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Copy the FORMAT.COM command from
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your DOS 2.0 diskette into this sub-
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directory, but name the newly-created
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file XYZZY.COM. Copy the three FORMAT.
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TX* files into this sub-directory.
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Then either put a PATH C:\PCDOS
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command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT, or leave
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the FORMAT.BAT file out in the root
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directory.
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Obviously, you don't have to use any
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of the names I used, but those are the
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names referenced in the batch file.
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By way of explanation, I have all my
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DOS files (with .COM or .BAT extensions)
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stored in the PCDOS subdirectory. By
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using a PATH command in AUTOEXEC.BAT, I
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have access to all those commands without
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having to fill up the root directory.
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Good luck.
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Burgess Allison
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ ³
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³ This FORMAT command has been developed for the IBM-XT ³
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³ to protect against accidental erasure of the hard disk. ³
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³ It will only format diskettes in drive A: ³
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³ Use the FORMAT command just as described in DOS 2.0, ³
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³ but do not specify the A: drive. That parameter is ³
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³ automatically forced. ³
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³ ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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Sample batch job follows....
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ECHO OFF
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TYPE \PCDOS\FORMAT\SAFETY\FORMAT.TX1
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ECHO The FORMAT command you have specified is: FORMAT A:%1
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TYPE \PCDOS\FORMAT\SAFETY\FORMAT.TX2
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PAUSE
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TYPE \PCDOS\FORMAT\SAFETY\FORMAT.TX3
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PATH C:\;C:\PCDOS;C:\PCDOS\FORMAT\SAFETY
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XYZZY A:%1
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ECHO ON
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PATH C:\;C:\PCDOS
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