Bug#25975: marked as done (rawrite2.exe writes problem bootdisks)
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From: "Harry M. Hersh" <harry.hersh@fmr.com>
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Subject: rawrite2.exe writes problem bootdisks
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Package: bootdisk
Version: Debian 2.0
Writing system: HP Vectra 5/133 running NT4.0, Patch 3
Target system: AST Premmia 3/66
The installation instructions mention problems with boot disks
frequently failing. After encountering this problem I tried an
experiment by writing out two different bootdisks:
1. By double clicking on rawrite2.exe in Windows Explorer. A MS-DOS
window is created in which the program leads the user through a dialog
to obtain the source and desitination..
2. By creating an MS-DOS window and typing the full command line,
rawrite2 source destination
The floppy created by method 1 failed when I tried to use it for an
installation. The floppy created by method 2 word perfectly, suggesting
the code for rawrite2 may be doing different things depending on the
usage mode.
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