1997-07-31 10:57:31 +00:00
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For a normal CDROM or network installation, all you need to copy onto an
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actual floppy from this directory is the boot.flp image (for 1.44MB floppies).
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1997-07-31 10:59:50 +00:00
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NOTE: These images are NOT DOS files! You cannot simply copy them to
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a DOS floppy as regular files, you need to *image* copy them to the
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floppy with fdimage.exe under DOS or `dd' under UNIX.
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For example:
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To create the boot floppy image from DOS, you'd do something like
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this:
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C> fdimage boot.flp a:
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Assuming that you'd copied fdimage.exe and boot.flp into a directory
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somewhere. If you were doing this from the base of a CD distribution,
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then the *exact* command would be:
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E> tools\fdimage floppies\boot.flp a:
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If you're creating the boot floppy from a UNIX machine, you may find
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that:
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dd if=floppies/boot.flp of=/dev/rfd0
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or
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dd if=floppies/boot.flp of=/dev/floppy
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work well, depending on your hardware and operating system environment
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(different versions of UNIX have totally different names for the
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floppy drive - neat, huh? :-).
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