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                      MAKING A COMPRESSED STARTUP DISK
                          (Applies to Stacker 4.0)
      STAC FAX  4304 (05-04-1994)
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      BACKGROUND
      
      You may create a Startup disk that is compressed with Stacker.
      The disk can be a floppy disk, Bernoulli or Syquest cartridge,
      just so long as it starts from drive A. Due to the overhead
      associated with the boot files, it is recommended that a floppy
      disk be at least 720K. Stacker must be installed on the system
      used to create this disk. Note that the examples below assume
      that you are creating the Startup disk in drive A. You may create
      the disk on another drive, but it will only start a system where
      the disk can be inserted into drive A.
      
      SOLUTION
      
         - Procedures for DOS versions that preload compression
           drivers.
         - Procedures for other DOS versions.
           
      Procedures for DOS versions that preload compression drivers
      
      MS-DOS 6.x, Novell DOS 7, and PC-DOS version 6.x with file dates
      9-30-93 or later, support preloading compression drivers such as
      Stacker.
      
       1.  Insert a blank formatted disk into drive A. From the DOS
           prompt type: SYS A: <enter>.
       2.  In order to provide additional speed when booting from this
           disk, also copy the hidden file STACKER2.BIN from the root
           directory of the uncompressed drive to the root directory of
           the disk in the A drive. You may use the Windows File
           Manager or another third-party utility to copy the file. If
           these are not available, do the following:
           a. Go to the Stacker directory and type STACKER <enter>.
           Locate the line that shows drive C. It will look something
           like this:
           Drive C was drive C at boot time [ D:\STACVOL.DSK = 123.4MB]
           b. Note the drive letter in brackets, in this case drive D.
           c. Copy STACKER2.BIN from the STACKER directory to drive A.
       2.  Type: STAC <enter>. This will bring up the Stacker Toolbox.
       3.  Select Compress Floppy, then choose Drive A. The free space
           on the disk will be compressed.
       4.  After the disk is compressed, exit the Stacker Toolbox and
           go to drive A. Type:
           STACKER A:
       5.  You will now be on the compressed disk. It has no files at
           this point. Type:
           COPY C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM <enter>
       6. You may now copy any other files to the disk that you
           desire. When you are finished, test the disk by inserting it
           into drive A and restarting the system.
           
       Procedures for other DOS versions
      
       1.  Insert a blank formatted disk into drive A. From the DOS
           prompt type: SYS A: <enter>.
       2.  Type:
           ED A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT <enter>
           When the editor comes up, type:
           PROMPT $P$G <enter>
           STACKER A: <enter>
           Press Ctrl-Z to save the file. When prompted, save the file
           as A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT.
       3.  Type: STAC <enter>.
       4.  Select Compress Floppy, then choose Drive A. The free space
           on the disk will be compressed.
       5.  Go to the STACKER directory and type:
           STACKER A:
       6.  Go to the A drive. It is compressed, but has no files at
           this point. Type:
           COPY C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM <enter>
       7.  You may now copy any other files to the disk that you
           desire. Test the disk by restarting your system with the
           disk still in its drive.
       
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