Creating The Ms-Dos Partition - Epson Equity Ie Q50188015-1 User Manual

Note
If you plan to use an operating system other than MS-DOS, you need to
use that operating system to partition the hard disk and copy the system
files to it.
In the following procedures you will be entering MS-DOS commands and
using the working copies of your Startup/Operating 1, Operating 2, and
Reference diskettes. If you are new to computers and MS-DOS, this may be
the first time you have used an operating system. The steps are simple and
you should not have any problems; however, if you do have questions, see
Chapter 4 for basic information about using MS-DOS or see your MS-DOS
manual for complete information on the operating system.

Creating the MS-DOS Partition

You need to partition the hard disk so it can run the MS-DOS operating
system. Follow the steps below to create one partition on your hard disk for
MS-DOS.
1. Insert your working copy of the Startup/Operating 1 diskette into
drive A.
2. Turn on the computer if it is not on already
3. At the A > prompt,
the FDISK Options menu.
4.
Press to select the
1
The screen displays the following prompt:
Enter.
Do you wish to use the entire fixed
disk for DOS (Y/N)...........?[Y]
2-2
type FDISK
Create DOS Partition
and press
Enter.
option and press
Preparing a Hard Disk for Use
The screen displays