Rana Systems Elite Series - Manual (Page 251)

ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL ENHANCED CP/M UTIL.
target diskette in the preceding tables, with
the exception of the special Elite Three condi-
tions. In the Elite Three ”explained” case (1),
the target diskette must be formatted in an
Elite Three format. In the Elite Three “ex-
plained” case (2), the target diskette must be
formatted in the format correct for the target
drive’s type.
When making a backup copy of (for instance) an
Elite One diskette using an Elite One as the
source drive and an Elite Two as the target
drive, it is okay to place an Elite One format-
ted diskette into the Elite Two to use as the
target diskette, COPY will only attempt to use
the Elite One formatted areas on the diskette
since it will be copying an Elite One diskette.
The same is true for other copies of this type
in which the target drive has more capacity than
the source drive (excluding the Elite Three).
On system-only copies, the above tables do not
apply. System-only copies always assume that the
source diskette will be of the same type as the
source drive, and that the target diskette will
be of the same type as the target drive. This
allows you to copy a CP/M structured (for
instance) to boot off of a Disk II, and have
COPY restructure it and write it so that an
Elite Three can then boot it. The reverse is
also true. COPY will restructure an Elite Three
operating system so that a Disk II can then boot
it. However, the source and target diskettes
must be pre-formatted to be compatible with the
drive types which will be reading and writing
them. Check the PROFILE utility for information
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