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From: frank@martha.utcc.utk.edu (frank segner)
Subject: Re: rawrite under OS/2??
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Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 21:16:20 GMT
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mld@netcom.com (Matthew Deter) writes:
: Will rawrite work in an OS/2 DOS session? I tried it, and I get the
: usual prompts for filename, drive letter, and then the prompt to
: insert the disk (which I have formatted to DOS FAT 1.44Meg).
:
: rawrite then spits out:
:
: Number of sectors per track for this disk is 18
: Writing image to drive A:. Press ^C to abort.
: Attempt to DMA across 64k boundary
:
: That's it. The disk light shines for a bit (like 3 seconds) and the
: disk I get is still readable by DOS's DIR command. :-(
:
: If it turns out that I can't use rawrite from within OS/2, what are my
: options? All I've got is an OS/2 HPFS partition to store the floppy
: images on...
:
hmm, there is a 'dd' for os-half, it's part of (I think) the gnufutils for
os-half. Check ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/os2/2_x/unix (or so)...
so long,
frank
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