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author | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-07-31 10:59:50 +0000 |
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committer | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-07-31 10:59:50 +0000 |
commit | d9570c1f69e582d758470f6f2dd312d1458a7bef (patch) | |
tree | 07e4620d5be69cf3bd9f3fe77bbacb5a4f86fd1f | |
parent | c93bc06c52c7a426972a4a88ea920808fc09fe81 (diff) | |
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Whups - use a slightly more up-to-date version.
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diff --git a/release/README.TXT b/release/README.TXT index 0d3d0ad..53fd6c8 100644 --- a/release/README.TXT +++ b/release/README.TXT @@ -1,11 +1,33 @@ For a normal CDROM or network installation, all you need to copy onto an actual floppy from this directory is the boot.flp image (for 1.44MB floppies). -NOTE: These images are NOT DOS files! You cannot simply copy them to a DOS -floppy as regular files, you need to *image* copy them to the floppy with -rawrite.exe or `dd' under UNIX (again, please see the installation docs -[in INSTALL.TXT] for details). Also note that the rawrite.exe program -ONLY WORKS UNDER DOS. If you're running Win95, boot into DOS mode before -running it. If you're running NT, use a different machine to make your -boot floppy. Both Win95 and WinNT interfere with rawrite's abiltiy to -talk directly to the floppy drive. +NOTE: These images are NOT DOS files! You cannot simply copy them to +a DOS floppy as regular files, you need to *image* copy them to the +floppy with fdimage.exe under DOS or `dd' under UNIX. + +For example: + +To create the boot floppy image from DOS, you'd do something like +this: + +C> fdimage boot.flp a: + +Assuming that you'd copied fdimage.exe and boot.flp into a directory +somewhere. If you were doing this from the base of a CD distribution, +then the *exact* command would be: + +E> tools\fdimage floppies\boot.flp a: + + +If you're creating the boot floppy from a UNIX machine, you may find +that: + + dd if=floppies/boot.flp of=/dev/rfd0 + +or + + dd if=floppies/boot.flp of=/dev/floppy + +work well, depending on your hardware and operating system environment +(different versions of UNIX have totally different names for the +floppy drive - neat, huh? :-). |