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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL ENHANCED DOS UTIL.
the “insert source/both diskettes” prompt.
You can change the copy type (whole or DOS
only), the drives, and/or the diskette types,
before making another copy by pressing <ESC> for
the “insert diskettes” prompt.
Special note concerning DOS-only copies:
During a DOS only copy (and not during a whole
diskette copy) the DOS copy which. is placed on
the destination diskette will be restructured
(if necessary) to conform to the way the DOS
should boot off of the destination
drive/diskette type you specified.
The way in which DOS is structured for booting
off of an Elite One is identical to the way it
is structured for the Disk II, but changes are
made when dealing with full capacity diskettes
for the Elite Two and Elite Three.
There are two conditions which must be met for a
copy of the enhanced DOS to boot correctly (at
all) from a diskette. The first is that the DOS
must be placed on the diskette in a way which is
compatible with the booting process for that
particular type of diskette/drive (this is done
by CLONE). The second is that the configuration
table within the DOS must reflect the correct
setting for the way the DOS has been placed on
the diskette (see PROFILE).
In order to assure these two conditions, the
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