Article: Q75226
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s):
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22
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SUMMARY
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The Toshiba T1000 laptop uses ROM DOS Toshiba MS-DOS version 2.11, which is
configured as a 256K read-only drive C. At this time, there is no ROM DOS
upgrade available from Toshiba.
You can use Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 or later with the Toshiba T1000 laptop. The
T1000 boots from a MS-DOS 5.0 or later system floppy disk. However, you will be
unable to access the ROM DOS drive C. The HARD RAM drive D or the RAM expanded
memory (which is the same thing, just configured differently) is accessible if
you do ONE of the following:
1. Run FDISK. From fixed disk drive 2, delete the two non-DOS partitions and the
Novell partition, then create a primary DOS partition. Format drive C.
The HARD RAM drive will now be usable as drive C.
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2. Boot on the ROM DOS. Copy the file EMM.SYS to the MS-DOS 5.0 system disk. Run
the T1000 SETUP10.EXE program and configure the HARD RAM drive so that there
is at least 64K bytes not used. On the MS-DOS 5.0 system disk, include MS-DOS
5.0's RAMDRIVE.SYS and a CONFIG.SYS file that contains at least the
following:
CONFIG.SYS
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device=emm.sys
device=ramdrive.sys /a
The HARD RAM drive will now be accessible as a normal RAM drive.
MORE INFORMATION
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The T1000 will NOT boot from the HARD RAM drive using MS-DOS 5.0 or later.
The Toshiba T1000 laptop should not be confused with the Toshiba T1000 desktop.
The specifications for the Toshiba T1000 laptop are as follows:
CPU: 80C88 4.77 MHz
Operating system: MS-DOS 2.11 in 256K ROM
Drives: One 720K 3.5-inch drive
Memory: 512K RAM
Optional 768K LIM EMS 3.2 memory card available
Keyboard: 82 key
Display: CGA-compatible LCD
STATUS
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The product included here is manufactured by Toshiba, a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's
performance or reliability.
Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20 3rdparty
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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