Commodore 128D - What Is on Your Cp;M Disk

What Is On Your
CP/M Disk
You can get a list of what is on your CP/M system disk by inserting a
disk into a disk drive and entering a DIR command. You can get a
detailed listing of system programs, including program size and num
ber of records, by entering the following form of the DIR command:
DIR [FULL]
Shown below is a typical display in response to a DIR [FULL]
COMMAND.
Directory For Drive A: User 0
Name Bytes Recs Attributes
Name
Bytes Recs Attributes
CCP COM 4k 25 Dir RW COPYSYS COM Ik 3 Dir RW
CPM+ SYS 23k 184 Dir RW DIR COM 15k 114 Dir RW
FORMAT COM 5k 35 Dir RW HELP COM 7k 56- Dir RW
HELP HLP 83k 664 Dir RW KEYFIG COM 10k 75 Dir RW
KEYFIG HLP 9k 72 Dir RW PIP COM 9k 68 Dir RW
Total Bytes = 166k
Total Ik Blocks = 166
Total Records = 1296 Files Found = 10
Used/Max Dir Entries For Drive A: 16/ 64
How To Make
Copies Of Your
CP/M 3.0 Disks
And Files
You can back up your CP/M 3.0 disks, using either one or two disk
drives. The back-up disks can be new or used. You might want to
format new disks, or reformat used disks with an appropriate CP/M
disk formatting program. If the disks have been used previously, be
sure that there are no other files on the disks.
To make backups use the format and PIP utility programs found on
your CP/M system disk. FORMAT formats the disk as either a C128
single-sided or double-sided diskette.
Making Copies With a Single Disk Drive
You can copy the contents of a disk to another disk with a single
Commodore disk drive. First type:
A> FORMAT
and follow the instructions given on the screen. For instance, the
following sequence of commands creates a bootable CP/M system
disk. First, when the copy disk is formatted, type:
A>P/PE: = A:CPM +.SYS
When the CPM +. SYS file is copied, you type:
A>P/P £: = >»: CCP. COM
If you want to copy everything on a disk, use the following command
sequence:
A> FORMAT
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USING CP/M MODE—Files, Disks and Disk Drives in CP/M 3.0