Date   : Tue, 21 Mar 1989 04:01:03 GMT
From   : xanth!rlb@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Lee Bailey)
Subject: P&T CP/M for Tandy Model II

In article <23@netcom.UUCP> arg@netcom.UUCP (01) writes:
>I am trying to make a backup of a CP/M boot disk for a TRS-80 Model II
>micro, and seem to be having no luck.  I no longer have the master
>disk, and there seems to be no program that will transfer the first two
>tracks of the diskette. (8", 600kb).  I have made one backup with the
>program DU.COM, but it no longer seems to work.  Any and all help would
>be greatly apprecieated, as this system is running a BBS on the only
>CP/M system disk I have....
>

In order to transfer the system tracks (and make a disk bootable),
you need to run your SYSGEN program.  This program is hardware specific
to each machine, and will copy the first two (or whatever is required)
tracks from a bootable disk to another new (or non-system) disk.
The program will vary slightly from machine to machine, but it goes
something like this:

       A>SYSGEN
       SYSGEN Version n.n
       Source drive name: A
       Dest.  drive name: B    (or A if you only have one drive)

Be sure to write protect the original disk (remove the write enable tab).
When you enter the source drive name, the program will read the system
boot track(s) into memory.  When it has finished, it will prompt you
for the destination drive.  If you only have 1 drive, remove the original
and insert the disk you want to copy to.  THEN AND ONLY THEN, enter the
destination drive name.

Hope this helps.

               Bob Bailey