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  • From: russ loroville <bontemps AT m-net.arbornet.org>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] floppy drive cannot read linux disks
  • Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:36:14 -0500 (EST)

Maybe Steven didn't use those programs in the latest install, but I sure
do have them in mine. The following is the actual Make_fd.bat part that
has 2m.com and 2mf.exe: ->------------------------------
|
echo ====================== |
echo. |
echo Insert second floppy in drive A: |
echo. |
pause |
2m >nul <------------*here* < -
2mf /k /j <------------*and here*** < -
echo.
echo Writing root file to floppy
echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
echo You may hear some strange noises. This is normal.
echo.
copy baslinux.gz a:
echo.
echo.
echo To boot BasicLinux, insert first floppy and reset computer.
:end
echo.




On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Sheldon Isaac wrote:

> On 25 Jan 2004 at 18:08, russ loroville wrote:
> > They are in my Make_fd.bat. You have to look carefully in the bottom, its
> > easy to miss in Make_fd.bat. They are the programs that format the 1.44mb
> > floppy to 2mb floppy that allows the 1.7mb Baslinux.gz file to be put on
> > the 1.44mb floppy.
>
> I looked in the MAKE_FD.ZIP of 6/5/03; no 2m.com or 2mf.exe.
>
> Where did you get them?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sheldon Isaac
>
>
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