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Re: http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/install



Michelle Konzack <starone@cybercable.fr> writes:

> do you use Dos formated Floppys to write the image on it ???
> If YES, then I do not know whats wrong...
> 
> ...but if you had formated the floppys under Windows, there 
> is the "FAT 16" file system on it !!!
> 
> Windows 3.x/9x and NT format only in "FAT 16" !!!
> 
> Go into a DOS-Box and format the floppys with:
> 
> c:\> FORMAT /f:1440 /u a:
> 
> I had many trouble with this MS crap.

Um, the floppies should be burned onto floppy by use of the provided
RAWRITE stuff.  This is a raw sector copying.  There is no need to
low-level format it -- unless you just wanna make sure that the floppy
doesn't have flaws.

-- 
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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