There has got to be a way: L-DOS, LS-DOS and FreHD

[ac7kh]

Does anyone know or have experience with creating a LS-DOS (for booting a FreDH on a Model 4) from a model 3 running L-DOS (w/FreHD) so I can boot my Model 4 that I am expecting to arrive in two weeks or so ??? I should be receiving my auto boot ROM this week (or so I hope) for the model 3, so I may have more options. Right now I was thinking (or at least hoping) that I could use dsk/dct copy the LS-DOS boot disk image to drive 6 then using qfb or the LS-DOS backup command on the LS-DOS image, copy the whole thing to a blank disk that I format using SU+. Do you think it would boot ??? Am I missing something ??? Ladies and Gentlemen your input, Please.

Cheers

Ross

 

[TRS-Ian]

Hi Ross, once you have attached your floppy image file to the system using DSK/DCT then you don't need to copy it all to the hard drive, you can just use DISKCOPY command to make a floppy. If you are using LDOS then you use QFB which does the same thing as DISKCOPY.

Once your FreHD arrives if you run into problems let me know.

Cheers,

Ian.

 

[ac7kh]

Thanks Ian

This question is help the other newbies who just had their (head)lights turned on.
Should I copy Sys0 first on to the drive or will the order that qfb uses be correct ???

Cheers

Ross

 

[TRS-Ian]

QFB / DISKCOPY is not a file copy program, its a whole disk copy program, so it copies one cylinder at a time, starting with cylinder 0.

To copy files individually you would use the BACKUP command.

Hope this helps,

Ian.