How to write floppies
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN BOOTSTRAP FLOPPIES
You will need a 1.2 MB or a 1.44 MB floppy for the bootstrap disk, and
a 1.44 MB floppy for the root disk.
Load the CD into any Unix system or any system capable of running DOS
programs and reading CD-ROMS. Change to the "dos" directory on the CD.
If
you are on a DOS system, read rawrite2.txt and learn how to operate the
rawrite2 program. On a Unix/Linux system, read your system's manual page
for the "dd" program, and find out which file (often /dev/fd0) is used
to access the floppy disk device.
Use "rawrite2" or "dd" to copy the raw disk image from either the
boot1200
or boot1440 file to floppy disk. Choose boot1200 if the "A" drive on the
system upon which you'd like to install Linux has a 1.2 MB (5.25 inch)
"A" floppy drive. Choose boot1440 if the "A" drive is a 1.44 MB (3.5
inch) one. Mark this disk as the "boot" floppy.
Write a 1.44 MB floppy from the root1440 file. Mark this second disk as
the "root" floppy. Note, you are writing raw disk images onto raw disks,
not copying the files into floppy disk directories.
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