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Re: [sls@datamart.com: Base14-10.bin is broken?]



Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com> writes:

> > While attempting to install Debian 2.2 onto a Toshiba Satellite 2545CDS, I
> > got as far as Base14-10.bin, which is disk 10 of 12. The installer detects
> > that disk 10 is disk 1. I tried re-downloading from a different site, but
> > that didn't work. I have been using rawrite2 to write each of my floppy
> > images to disk. Any ideas?

> Sounds like a dbootstrap bug.  Maybe it can't handled 2-digit
> base14-XX.bin file names.

Actually, it's more likely to be rawrite2 that can't handle a 9.3
filename.

To solve the immediate problem, rename the files that don't fit in 8.3
to something that does before running rawrite2.

And for us, the thing to do is find a naming scheme for these files
that doesn't break 8.3.

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