Re: Replacement section 4.3.2 (Rawrite)
Hi,
Bug report to boot-floppies with patch is what it takes.
Also see below for my coment.
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 12:16:31AM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote:
> Hi. This is my first attempt at contributing to Debian docs, so please
> bear with me for not knowing the procedure.
>
> I recently created an open source Linux boot diskette Windows utility
> called Bootset, to address some inconveniences in NTRawrite. While
> working on that I noticed that section 4.3.2 in the Debian docs is
> really out of date, and doesn't point to the comprehensive list of
> rawrite-like programs maintained at the FreeDOS site (of which I have
> no affiliation).
Thank you.
> I've updated the 4.3.2 section to be more modern. If there are no
> objections the HTML below should replace 4.3.2 in this document:
If some of the URL become more permanent one, I will create patch and
file a bug.
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html
>
> <HR ALIGN=LEFT><A
> NAME="s4.3.2"></A></P>
>
> <H3>4.3.2 Writing Disk Images From Windows, DOS, or OS/2</H3>
>
> <P>If you have access to an i386 machine, you can use <A
> HREF="http://www.fdos.org/ripcord/rawrite/readme.html";>Rawrite
> and related programs</A> to copy disk images to floppies.</P>
Can you tailk to ntrawrite.sourceforge.net folks (Blake) to release your
compiled version at their FTP? SF.FTP are fast.
> <P>Newer programs such as <A
> HREF="http://ntrawrite.sourceforge.net/";>NTRawrite</A>
> work in Windows NT/2k/XP, but many older programs will only work
> from DOS or with Windows 9x booted into DOS. Most of the programs
> create one disk at a time from the command line, which can be
> inconvenient, although some offer a GUI. <A
> HREF="http://www.objectdesigngroup.com/bootset/";>Bootset</A>
> creates a boot diskette set from a list of diskette image files
> in a text file.</P>
Do you have binary for bootset? URL?
> <P><HR ALIGN=LEFT>
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