correction for 5.8.2 Writing Disk Images From DOS, Windows, or OS/2 in the Installation Guide
Hello people to do with the installation guide,
As an os/2 warp 4 user,ever since one of the earliest fixpacks, I've notice the
rawrite utilities ceased to work, but there is a command which comes with os/2 that
does the job excellently and that is loaddskf and it is simple as loaddskf filename.bin
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Hope you update the guide for the os/2 users out there.
Daniel
bellow is a sequence of events which happened in comp.os.os2.misc inwhich
someone let me onto the workaround for the rawrite problem
Terry
loaddskf and it worked!!! thanks a million!
Daniel
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:54:01 -0500 (EST), Terry Haimann wrote:
>rawrite doesn't work under os2 or the vdm, there is a corresponding command
>though, its something like loaddsk, but i can't remember for sure.
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>On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:30:43 -0500 (EST), Daniel wrote:
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>>ahoy
>>I'm trying to rawrite some debian linux base disks, using rawrite 2.0 (dos
>>program running in os/2 warp 4 fixpack 11's dos window ) I get the error:
>>Attachment failed to respond
>>what does that mean? I've fiddle with as many of the dos environment
>>settings as possible? Suggestions?
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>>I also tried rawrite1.3.3 and it says: attempt to DMA across 64k boundry
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>>I used both of these utilities before when I did not have a fixpack installed
>>and they worked succesfully, however I did have to change some of the basic
>>dos settings, all which I have tried this time.
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>>Daniel
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