Step 5. Preparing Your System Diskette Using One Diskette Drive - IBM 3270 Manual

Step 5. Preparing Your System
Diskette Using One Diskette
Drive
You are now ready to prepare your system
diskette. Get your blank diskette. You must
format it before you can use it.
What to Do If Something Doesn't Work
Correctly
As you work through this step, you may find
some problems with the system. You may:
• Type something incorrectly
• Accidentally press the wrong key
• See a message that you didn't expect
• Not be able to fix a problem
If any of these things happen, you can undo the
problem.
1. Press and hold the Ctrl key and then press
the C key.
2. You should see the DOS prompt reappear.
3. Start this step over from the beginning.
Formatting Your Blank Diskette
To format it:
1. Make sure that the DOS diskette is still in
drive A.
2. Type:
format a:/s/v
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