As long as I remember on MS-DOS format /s is the same as use FORMAT and later use SYS.
Transfer boot sector, hiden files and command.com -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Marco A. Achury 2008/11/11 kurt godel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Just found out that the '/s' in 'format C: /s' formats the drive and leaves > space for the system files from the 'sys' > command; but some say the sys com also transfers a copy of command.com, > while other sources don't! I can > tell you that 'format C:' does not place a copy of command.com, whereas > 'format C: /s' does;(Imean the format > command by itself, without any 'sys') also they say > that with sys command, not only the target drive has to be free of files, > but there must be no volume label > after the formatting. kurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
