Re: floppies' .bin

[Laurent PICOULEAU <lcrpic@a2points.com>]

On Mon, 29 Nov, 1999 à 06:59:43AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering whether Debian could change the format of the distributed
> .bin files in the installation floppies. Currently, it seems that the

$ file /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/resc1440.bin
/cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/resc1440.bin: x86 boot sector, 
system SYSLINUX, FAT (12 bit) unlabeled, 2880 sectors

So this is fat with syslinux installed. lowmem.bin also
drv1440.bin is an msdos floppy too

$ file /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/base14-1.bin
/cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/base14-1.bin: data

So this is tar floppy
> 
> Imagine that the the floppies are in ext2 format; in the first install
[...] 
> Or, better yet, if you have some Linux already running, you could
> download the images and then mount each file using the "loop" option
> (like in: mount -t ext2 -o loop /tmp/floppy1_bin /mnt) and then do the

You can already for rescue and driver floppies, simply use -t msdos instead
of -t ext2. BTW on floppies, fat is more useful than ext2 (you're more
worried by space than by speed on a floppy). For base14-[1-7].bin, why
not using tar directly ???

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