I loaded MS-DOS6.2 onto a blank scsi hdd but it won't boot me into DOS. At the start up it says 'disk error, insert system disk and press enter'. I followed all the install directions on this site and it said if I did everything right, I should be able to get to the dos prompt without any disks in the computer.  How do I get the OS to boot up without using a boot disk in the computer? Is there missing code involved with the Autoexec.bat or Config.sys files that causes it not start or do I need to construct the proper boot.ini file before I get results? 
There is no other OS on this drive and I am using an old Asus mobo (P4T) and Intel 2.0gh processor and Award bios. And I recall that when I first opened Autoexec.bat, it displayed:
echo
MSCDEX.EXE \D:banana  \L:R


At start up it says:

driver version: V340
Device Name: banana
Firmware version:1.73
MSCDEX version: 2.23

I would reall like to find out how to get it to boot automatically without the boot disk.
I looked for an answer on the forums boards but didn't find it. That's why I am making this query here.
How did you "load" MS-DOS 6.2 onto the blank hdd? Did you use the SYS command? Or did you just copy the files?

Oh, the SYS COMMAND!!! Ok, so I merely reinstall the app using the sys command and then Dos will self boot? Well, mistakes are how you learn stuff. If that's really true, then I should be the world's greatest genius. And I just know you got to have a brother named Moby *censored*, right?If you want to make a DOS volume bootable, boot from a floppy which has (among others) command.com, io.sys, msdos.sys, format.com and sys.com on it, then format it with the /s option e.g. format c: /s and then install the files or if the disk is already formatted run the SYS command e.g. sys c:

You may also need to add the appropiate lines for thew SCSI drivers as well...Yes, there were a couple of hidden files but all the files you named were copied into C: drive. Now the computer boots into C:\DOS without needing the MSDOS boot diskette. The only hitch is that at the start up config.sys window there are THREE lines that read:"Bad or missing command or filename." How do I get rid of those lines and is it all that important to the overall integrity of the system? I set up the config.sys and autoexec.bat files according to the models available on this site but I don't have mouse action or the cdrom code in those files yet. I tried but it wouldn't work so I erased them. Post the files. I suspect that the error messages are being generated by lines in autoexec.bat, but without seeing the files, we are just guessing.

Here are the files sitting on C:\ drive. Using this set up, the computer boots me into C:\ where I have access to the the DOS files. With this configuration, Windows displays no error messages. It just says MS-DOS is starting and then PUTS me into the C: drive.

[CONFIG.SYS]
DEVICEHIGH=C:\HIMEM.SYS/test:off
DEVICEHIGH=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH.UMB
FILES=30
STACKS=0,0
BUFFERS=20

[AUTOEXEC.BAT]
echo off

I found some DOS files on an old floppy I had laying around and forgot where they came from so I opened them on the A:\ drive. The folders are named A:\SETUP.BAT and SETUP.EXE.
When I try to run SETUP.BAT Windows says: "Cannot find the first MS-DOS 6.22 StepUp archive file. This archive file is named 1MS-DOS62.EXE.
ECHO is OFF
To work properly, the SETUP.BAT file and archive files must be located in the same directory. (Do not place these files in the same directory that contains your MS-DOS 6.x files.)"
When I open the A:\SETUP.EXE folder, Windows says:
"The directory C:\DOS does not contain your MS-DOS files. To install DoubleSpace conversion in that directory anyway, type Y. (Note: doublespace conversion might not work properly if you do.)"

I am pretty much lost here. Can someone kindly bail me out of this one?   

Those disks are MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up which updates your system from MS-DOS 6, 6.2 or 6.21 to MS-DOS 6.22. They are no use on their own.
Ok, so I already have MS-DOS6.22. What about installing the applicable scsi files? How do I accomplish that? I mean where do I find them and which ones might I need?
Patio mentioned it so that got me STARTED. Quote from: PunkAss on February 20, 2010, 03:07:19 PM

[CONFIG.SYS]
DEVICEHIGH=C:\HIMEM.SYS/test:off <-----(a) is HIMEM.SYS present in C:\? (b) there should be a space after SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS <----- is EMM386.EXE in C:\?
DOS=HIGH.UMB <---------- after HIGH there should be a comma, not a dot
FILES=30
STACKS=0,0
BUFFERS=20

What about installing the applicable scsi files? How do I accomplish that? I mean where do I find them and which ones might I need?
Patio mentioned it so that got me started.

If I type in mouse.com at the prompt, windows installs the driver and the mouse works only for that boot up but I don't know the code lines for it in autoexec.bat and config.sys windows to get it to load automatically.