Disks Created by MS-DOS 6.22 Upgrade and Step-Up Setup /F (120768)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q120768

SUMMARY

With MS-DOS 6.22 Upgrade or MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up, you can create a single startup floppy disk for drive A by using the /F parameter. The contents of this disk vary based on the destination disk capacity.

NOTE: MS-DOS 6.22 Upgrade and MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up do not have the ability to install the complete operating system (with all programs) to floppy disks.

MORE INFORMATION

Floppy Disk Contents for MS-DOS 6.22 Upgrade SETUP /F

When you run MS-DOS 6.22 Upgrade SETUP /F, it creates a bootable floppy disk with the following files: 
                 File
   Filename    Attributes              Disk Size
   ---------------------------------------------------------
                               360K/720K      1.2 MB/1.44 MB
                              (5.25"/3.5")    (5.25"/3.5")

   IO.SYS           SHR            X               X
   MSDOS.SYS        SHR            X               X
   COMMAND.COM        R            X               X
   DRVSPACE.BIN     SHR            X               X
   ATTRIB.EXE      A               X               X
   CHKDSK.EXE      A               X               X
   DEBUG.EXE       A               X               X
   EXPAND.EXE      A               X               X
   FDISK.EXE       A               X               X
   FORMAT.COM      A               X               X
   MEM.EXE         A               X               X
   SYS.COM         A               X               X
   EDIT.COM        A                               X
   QBASIC.EXE      A                               X
   SCANDISK.EXE    A                               X
   XCOPY.EXE       A                               X
   DRVSPACE.EXE    A                               X
   MSD.EXE         A                               X
   UNDELETE.EXE    A                               X

Floppy Disk Contents for MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up SETUP /F

When you run MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up SETUP /F, it creates a bootable floppy disk with the following files: 
                File
   Filename    Attributes                Disk Size
   --------------------------------------------------------------
                             360K       720K       1.2 MB/1.44 MB
                            (5.25")    (3.5")      (5.25"/3.5")

   IO.SYS           SHR        X          X             X
   MSDOS.SYS        SHR        X          X             X
   COMMAND.COM        R        X          X             X
   DRVSPACE.EXE    A           X          X
   SCANDISK.EXE    A           X          X             X
   DRVSPACE.BIN     SHR        X                        X
NOTE: When using the 1.44 MB 3.5-inch MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up disks to create a startup disk on a 360K floppy, you receive the following error message:
SETUP ERROR DETECTED

The following disk error was detected.
The listed file was not copied.

Error writing --> scandisk.exe

To continue, press ENTER.
If you press the ENTER key, the startup disk is created; however, it will contain the following files only: 
                           File
   Filename    Attributes
   ----------------------
   IO.SYS           SHR
   MSDOS.SYS        SHR
   COMMAND.COM        R
   DRVSPACE.EXE    A
NOTE: This problem does not occur when using the 1.2 MB 5.25-inch MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up disks.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/18/1999
Keywords:KB120768
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