Epson Y16499100301 User Manual

6. Press Y to use the entire hard disk for MS-DOS and press

Enter. 

The screen displays the following message and

prompt:

System 

will now restart

Insert DOS diskette in drive A:

Press any key when ready . . .

7. Press any key to restart the system (the MS-DOS diskette

is already in drive A). Your computer begins reloading

MS-DOS. After the preliminary copyright information

displays on the screen, the date prompt displays.

8.

Press 

Enter 

twice to accept the date and time shown.

The system now recognizes the MS-DOS partition and the

A > prompt redisplays.

Once you have created the MS-DOS partition, you must

format it for MS-DOS. You use the SELECT command, which

automatically does the following:

l

Formats the MS-DOS partition

l 

Labels the root directory

l

Copies the MS-DOS system files to the hard disk.

After you have done this, MS-DOS boots automatically

from the hard disk every time you turn on or reset your

computer. (See Chapter 3 for a complete description of the
reset function.)

Follow these steps to format the MS-DOS partition:

1. Insert the working copy of your MS-DOS system diskette

in drive A (if it is not there already).

2. At the A> prompt, type the following and press 

Enter:

SELECT C: 001 US