From ad8eb2f9de22c8a65fe6c1e987c134bf6b79f334 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 10:59:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Whups - use a slightly more up-to-date version. --- release/README.TXT | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/README.TXT b/release/README.TXT index 0d3d0adb1b3..53fd6c839da 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? :-).