[plug] Corel Linux Boot Floppy

[Steve Grasso]

Clinton,

Do you have a Linux system available to you?
If so, use dd or cat to write the floppy:

dd if=/cdrom/wherever/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k
or 
cat /cdrom/wherever/boot.img > /dev/fd0

If not, download tomsrtbt -- http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html
Make a Tomsrtbt disk
Boot the machine using Toms
Mount the CD
Copy the boot image from the CD to the Tomsrtbt filesystem eg. 
cp /mnt/cdrom/wherever/boot.img /
Take the Toms disk out of the floppy, replace it with a blank floppy
Then dump the image to floppy as above using dd or cat.

HTH
Steve

On Monday 03 September 2001 14:12, Clinton Butler wrote:
> Steve Grasso wrote:
> > So is rawrite broken?
>
> nope.. works fine
>
> > Boot image broken?
>
> nope.. downloaded the new one from an ftp mirror
>
> > Technique broken?
>
> I am following it's instructions
>
> > Did you download the boot image from Corel as a binary file?
>
> I downloaded a *.gz of the iso... then I burned it to CD... the CD works
> fine.. it even autoloads on my system that supports autoload... but.. I am
> trying to use it on a system with a SCSI Burner (it's only CD-Rom)..
> therefore need a boot floppy.
>
> > Are you using el cheapo floppies?
>
> I've tried 5 different brands
>
> > You might like to try formatting the floppy disk before dumping the boot
> > image onto it. That's got dodgy disks going for me in the past.
>
> done this many times now :o(
>
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