Rana Systems Elite Series User Manual

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL

ENHANCED DOS UTIL.

the “insert source/both diskettes” prompt.

You can change the copy type (whole or DOS

only), the drives, and/or the diskette types,

before making another copy by pressing <ESC> for

the “insert diskettes” prompt.

S p e c i a l n o t e c o n c e r n i n g D O S - o n l y c o p i e s :

During a DOS only copy (and not during a whole

diskette copy) the DOS copy which. is placed on

the destination diskette will be restructured

(if necessary) to conform to the way the DOS

should boot off of the destination

drive/diskette type you specified.

The way in which DOS is structured for booting

off of an Elite One is identical to the way it

is structured for the Disk II, but changes are

made when dealing with full capacity diskettes

for the Elite Two and Elite Three.

There are two conditions which must be met for a

copy of the enhanced DOS to boot correctly (at

all) from a diskette. The first is that the DOS

must be placed on the diskette in a way which is

compatible with the booting process for that

particular type of diskette/drive (this is done

by CLONE). The second is that the configuration

table within the DOS must reflect the correct

setting for the way the DOS has been placed on

the diskette (see PROFILE).

In order to assure these two conditions, the

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