Radio Shack TRS-80 Model II Reference Manual page 152

Modell! TRSDOS
Follow this procedure for moving a full or minimum system to a non-standard area:
1. Use
FORMAT
to initialize a diskette with the directory in the desired location.
For example:
FORMAT :
d
DIR
=
1
where dis the destination drive, would place the primary directory on track 1.
2. Now you use
XFERSYS
to transfer a full or minimum system onto the formatted
diskette from Step 1.
2-A. Full System. Use a command like this:
XFERSYS
:d
FULL
where d is the destination drive, will move a full system onto the destination
diskette. The system files will occupy tracks 2-8.
2-B. Minimum System. Use a command like this:
XFERSYS
:d
MIN
where dis the destination drive, will move a minimum system onto the
destination diskette. The system files will occupy tracks
2-8.
Details of the
XFERSYS
Process
XFERSYS
has three phases.
Phase 1, Part 1:
XFERSYS
determines whether the diskette is in the current (2.0) format or in an
earlier (1.1 or 1.2) format. If it is in the current format,
XFERSYS
skips to Phase 1,
Part 2 described below.
If the diskette is in an earlier format,
XFERSYS
removes the old system files. Next it
converts the diskette to the current format. But before this is done,
XFERSYS
must
make sure there are seven unused tracks immediately following the directory on the
destination diskette. If there aren't,
XFERSYS
will display the message,
The following must be killed or moved
and then list the files which are' 'in the way" . Then
TRSDOS
will cancel the
operation, leaving the diskette unchanged.
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