VECTOR 4 USER'S
MANUAL
VECTOR 4 CP/M TRANSIENT
COMMANDS
PROCEDURES FOR
USING
TRANSIENT
COMMANDS
All
transient
commands, like
the
resident commands,
are
called by entering
the
name of
the
command, any options or information
that
the
commands
require,
and a [RETURN]. However,
be
sure
to
read
the
explanation of each command
(either here or in
the
Appendix,
"Diskette
Directories")
before
entering
a
command.
Some
programs
may
cause
unexpected
results
if
used
without
understanding of all options.
The
GENSYS Command
This
command
copies
the
Vector
4 CP/M
operating
system
(G
EN
erates
a
SYStem) onto a
formatted
target
disk
or
diskette.
The
screen
will
offer
options
at
each
step
of
the
program. The program writes a copy of Vector 4
CP/M on
the
first two tracks
(called
the
system
tracks)
of
the
destination
drive
so
that
you will be able
to
boot
the
system from
the
new
copy.
Note, however,
that
this will not copy
the
entire
operating
system.
All
the
transient
commands mentioned in this section
are
separate
files, and must be
copied individually before you have a complete system.
The
program
automatically determines
the
type of system used,
the
applicable
number of disk drives, and will prompt you for one of
the
two possible systems
to
generate.
If
your
system
uses
a
hard
disk, and you want
to
copy
the
operating system
onto
the
hard
disk
prior
to
beginning
work,
go
to
Preparing
A
Hard-Disk
System
for
Operation, below.
If
you simply
want
to
make a backup copy
on
a floppy disk, or
if
you want
to
make a new copy of
the
system disk
for
a floppy-only system, continue.
Preparing A Floppy-only
or
Backup System Disk
If
you
are
making a
backup
diskette
for a hard-disk system, the prompts
to
"insert
source and destination
diskettes"
will
not
appear,
since
the
program
will
take
its
information from
the
hard
diSk.
1.
With
your
system
diskette
in
the
current
drive (or while logged
onto
a
drive which
contains
the
program
G ENSYS.COM),
enter
the
command
GENSYS
[RETURN]. The
screen
will display:
VECTOR GRAPmC VECTOR 4 CP/M
SYSTEM
GENERATION UTILITY -
VERSION
1.0
[1]
GENERATE A FLOPPY
ONLY
SYSTEM
[2] GENERATE A HARD
DISK
+ FLOPPY
SYSTEM
·SELECT
ONE
OF
THE
ABOVE:
Rev. A - 09-01-82
7100-0001
IX-3
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