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- INSTALLATION
- LOCATE may be installed in a number of ways. The following
- instructions will install LOCATE in a straight forward manner.
- As you gain experience you may want to experiment. If you are
- unsure of any of the commands, consult your DOS manual. The text
- in braces ("{" and "}") is intended to explain the instructions.
- FLOPPY DISK
- 0) Format two (2) blank disks with a system.
- {With a DOS 2.0 or higher system disk in "A:" and a blank disk
- in "B:", type:
- format b:/s
- }
- 1) Copy the contents of the LOCATE release disk onto both disks.
- {With the release disk in "A:" and a formatted blank disk in
- "B:", type:
- copy a:*.* b:
- }
- 2) Put the release disk and one copy away for safe-keeping. The
- other copy is ready for use.
- 3) Select a disk a disk and index it.
- {With the copy of the LOCATE in "A:" and the disk to be
- indexed in "B:", type:
- index b:
- }
- 4) Take a short break. When INDEX is finished, LOCATE is ready
- for use.
- HARD DISK
- 0) Format one (1) blank disk without a system.
- {With a DOS 2.0 or higher system loaded on drive "C:" and a
- blank disk in "A:", type:
- format a:
- }
- 1) Make a temporary directory.
- {Logged in to drive "C:\" (the root directory), type:
- md temp
- }
- 2) Change to the temporary directory.
- {type:
- cd temp
- }
- 3) Copy the contents of the LOCATE release disk onto the
- temporary directory.
- {With the release disk in "A:", type:
- copy a:*.*
- }
- 4) Copy the contents of the temporary directory to the blank
- disk.
- {With the blank disk in "A:", type:
- copy *.* a:
- }
- 5) Put the copy and the release disk away for safe-keeping.
- 6) Change directory back to root.
- {type:
- cd \
- }
- 7) Copy the temporary directory to root.
- {type:
- copy temp\*.*
- }
- 8) Index the hard disk.
- {type:
- index
- }
- 9) Take a ten (10) minute break. When INDEX is finished, LOCATE
- is ready for use.