SELECT+Selecting Keyboard and Date Format When Installing DOS
     Installs DOS on a new disk with the keyboard layout, date, 
and time format of your choice.
    VERSION
          PC-DOS 3.0+
	  MS-DOS equivalent: SELECT (3.0+)
    TYPE
          External
    SYNTAX
	  [d:][path] SELECT [sd:] [td:][tpath] xxx yy
    OPTIONS
	  [d:][path]		   Specifies the drive letter and
                                   path that contain the SELECT 
                                   command file.
	  sd:			   Designates the source drive
                                   (only A: or B: are valid drive 
                                   letters). If this parameter is 
                                   omitted, A: is used. If you 
                                   specify a source drive, you 
                                   must specify a target drive 
                                   (see below).
	  [td:][tpath]		   Specifies the target drive
                                   letter and the path where the 
                                   DOS commands are to be copied 
                                   to. If the drive parameter is 
                                   omitted, B: is used. If the 
                                   path parameter is omitted, the 
                                   files are copied to the root 
                                   directory on the target.
	  xxx			   Specifies the country code
                                   that instructs DOS to use the 
                                   date, time, collating 
                                   sequence, capitalization, and 
                                   folding format for that 
                                   country.
	  yy			   Specifies the abbreviation for
                                   the keyboard code for the 
                                   country. When specifying the 
                                   country and keyboard codes, 
                                   you can select from the 
                                   following:
	  Country	 Country Code	Keyboard Code
          United States       001            US
          France              033            FR
          Spain               034            SP
          Italy               039            IT
          United Kingdom      044            UK
          Germany             049            GR
    EXAMPLE
	  SELECT 033 FR
copies DOS from a disk in drive A to a disk in drive B and 
configures the keyboard with the French layout. Dates, times, 
capitalization, and collating sequence will be formatted 
according to the custom of that country.
    MESSAGES
	  Failure to access COUNTRY.SYS
Make sure that the source disk contains the COUNTRY.SYS file; 
then repeat the SELECT command.
	  Failure to access KEYBOARD.SYS
Make sure that the source disk contains the KEYBOARD.SYS file; 
then repeat the SELECT command.
	  Invalid keyboard code
Check the two-digit keyboard code and try again.
	  Invalid signature in COUNTRY.SYS file
The header for the COUNTRY.SYS file has been altered. Use the 
original DOS start-up disk with the master COUNTRY.SYS file on it 
and repeat the command.
	  Invalid signature in KEYBOARD.SYS file
The header for the KEYBOARD.SYS file has been altered. Use the 
original DOS start-up disk with the master COUNTRY.SYS file on it 
and repeat the command.
	  Read error, COUNTRY.SYS
An I/O error has occurred. You may be using a damaged disk. 
Insert the master DOS start-up disk and try again.
	  Read error, KEYBOARD.SYS
An I/O error has occurred. You may be using a damaged disk. 
Insert the master DOS start-up disk and try again.
	  SELECT is used to install DOS the first
	  time.  SELECT erases everything on the
	  specified target and then installs DOS.
	  Do you want to continue (Y/N)?
Type Y to have DOS execute the SELECT command that you have 
entered. Type N to abort the SELECT command.
    NOTES
     Because SELECT uses the FORMAT command, all data on the 
target disk will be destroyed. When using this command, the 
target drive must be different from the source drive.
     The default values are for the United States: they are mm-
dd-yy and hh:mm:ss:dd for the date and time. The decimal 
indicator is the period (.), and the currency symbol is the 
dollar sign ($).
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    SEE ALSO
          CHKDSK Command
          FORMAT Command
          LABEL Command
          SYS Command
          VER Command
          VOL Command
          COUNTRY Parameter


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