DOS disks?

On 28 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote: Let me help you guys out. Here's a suggested configuration for a good DOS 6.22 system disk. Both configurations will fit on a 720K diskette. The config with the options will leave about 53K. The standard config only takes up about two-thirds of the diskette. For the full config, all you would need is a decent editor that fits in under 53K and you're set. I suggest my DOS vi that I mentioned previously (it would leave you with 8K). Otherwise you can use anything up to 200K or so with the standard install. DISCLAIMER: I used DOS 6.20 to test this all, but 6.22 was just a patch that changed some minor things so there should be no filesize related problems. Shoot me if there are. To install, format a 720K diskette with DOS 6.22: FORMAT /U /F:720 /S A: DOS will install DBLSPACE.BIN which you don't need, so ATTRIB -R -S -H DBLSPACE.BIN and then delete it (at least it does this on 6.20). The standard install includes the bare minimum plus some handy programs. The optional install includes all the stuff that would make your life easy when working with a vintage DOS computer, such as INTERLNK and INTERSVR for transferring files over the Parallel/Serial ports, MSD for spying on your system's config, etc. Plus some superfluous stuff just to prove you can have a good system disk in under 720K. Take these extras out for even more room for an editor. I don't know how small EDLIN was but I would only install that if I couldn't find anything better (and even then I would be loath to install that foul piece of yak dung). FILENAME FILESIZE OPTIONAL ------------ -------- -------- ANSI.SYS 9,065 * ATTRIB.EXE 11,208 * CHKDSK.EXE 12,241 COMMAND.COM 54,619 DEBUG.EXE 15,718 DELTREE.EXE 11,111 * DISKCOMP.COM 10,748 DISKCOPY.COM 13,335 DOSKEY.COM 5,861 * FDISK.EXE 29,334 FORMAT.COM 22,916 INTERLNK.EXE 17,197 * INTERSVR.EXE 37,426 * IO.SYS 40,566 MEM.EXE 32,502 MODE.COM 23,569 MORE.COM 2,545 MOVE.EXE 18,319 MSD.EXE 158,470 * MSDOS.SYS 38,138 PRINT.EXE 15,656 SETVER.EXE 12,015 SHARE.EXE 10,912 SUBST.EXE 18,526 SYS.COM 9,432 UNDELETE.EXE 26,416 * XCOPY.EXE 16,930 Standard System Disk: 397,686 bytes Standard with Options: 662,975 bytes Throw this vi on there and you're set: VI.EXE 45,085 Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever onward. Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0 See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 09/21/98]