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Copies MS-Dos system files and "command.com" to a disk, thus making it bootable.
Syntax:
SYS [path] drive:
| path | The location of the system files |
| drive: | The drive containing the disk the files are to be copied to |
Notes:
The files copied by the SYS command are:
| File | Size (bytes) |
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| Win95 Upgrade | Win95 OSR2.5 |
| io.sys | 223,148 | 214,836 |
| drvspace.bin | 71,287 | 65,271 |
| command.com | 92,870 | 93,812 |
| msdos.sys* | 6 | 6 |
| (Total) | 387,311 | 373,925 |
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| * msdos.sys is created as the SYS (or FORMAT/S) command is executed. |
The SYS command does not work with virtual drives that have been created using SUBST and does not work with network drives.
Exit Codes:
| 0 | The command was executed without errors |
| 1 | An initialization error occurred.
Such an error would generally be caused by insufficient memory or disk space, or invalid drive name or syntax). |
File Details
| File Name | Default Location | Dos Ver. | Win Ver. | Size | Date | Source |
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| Sys.com | c:\windows\command |
7.0 | Win95 |
13 2391 | 11/07/95 | win95_02.cab |
| 7.1 | Win95 (OSR2.x) |
13 2391 | 24/08/96 | win95_02.cab |
| Win98 |
18 9672 | 11/05/98 | win98_28.cab |
| Win98 SE |
18 9672 | 23/04/99 | win98_25.cab |
Superscripts denote which same size files, if any, are identical (using FC).
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