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DOCUMENT PROCESSING INFO:  THIS DOCUMENT REPLACES FYI.M.1108
TITLE:  PRIMARY PARTITION TOO SMALL TO INSTALL DR DOS
DOCUMENT ID:  TID800031
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:  16AUG94
AUTHOR:  ACKEELE;KBANTA
ALERT STATUS:  Yellow
DISTRIBUTION:  Public
INFORMATION TYPE:  Symptom Solution
README FOR:  NA
NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS:

Desktop Products

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:

DR DOS 6.0

CATEGORY:

Installation

ABSTRACT:

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SYMPTOM

DR DOS WILL NOT INSTALL IF THE PRIMARY PARTITION IS TOO SMALL.

ISSUE/PROBLEM

If the primary partition is less than 2.5 MB (Megabytes) DR DOS will not
install.  If Security is enabled during installation, FDISK cannot correct
this situation because of the secure disk.  Installation will not
complete, but security will be installed.

SOLUTION

Follow the procedures outlined below.

1.   Boot from the original DR DOS 6 installation diskette
2.   Press F10 to abort and exit to DOS
3.   From the A: Prompt, type SYS C:\  This command makes the
     hard disk bootable
4.   Copy the following files to the root directory of C:
          LOGIN.EXE           CONFIG.SYS
          AUTOEXEC.BAT        SSTORDRV.SYS        DEVSWAP.COM


5.   Copy the following files to the DRDOS directory on C:
          INSTALL.EXE         FDISK.COM

6.   Rename C:\INSTALL.EXE to C:\SETUP.EXE
7.   Remove the floppy from drive A: and reboot the computer
8.   Enter the Master password
9.   At the C: prompt, type SETUP
10.  Select only the SECURITY option
11.  Enable SECURITY and enter a different password for the
     MASTER PASSWORD and the USER PASSWORD
12.  Complete the installation and exit to DOS
13.  Run SETUP again
14.  Disable SECURITY, complete the installation and exit to DOS
15.  Type FDISK and remove all partitions on the hard drive
16.  Create a primary partition of at least 3MB in size
     (recommended- 10MB)
17.  Reboot with the original installation diskette and complete
     the installation process.

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