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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> Without a DOS boot floppy disk, how can I format the 40MB FAT16 partition
> that I made with Redhat fdisk and put system files on it?
>
>
> Can linux format a DOS FAT16 partition somehow?  Are the system files just
> hidden files that I can copy via linux?
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> keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

Apparently the freedos FORMAT command will work under dosemu (according to 
the documentation).  /s may put on the system files.  Can I then simply 
copy the rest of the freedos programs from linux to DOS after mounting the 
DOS partition?  Would I need to mount the DOS partition to format it?

I will need file transfer with Redhat 7.0 to get dosemu on there (David's 
static version).  How does one set up TCP/IP dialing with Redhat so as to 
download from the internet?  I could not find wvdial or pppd.  I can 
retype Steven's send and receive scripts to use via parallel transfer 
cable.  cardmgr won't find the ethernet card (device or resource busy if I 
type cardmgr -o).  pcmcia was left running during startup but I obviously 
don't know how to use it in Redhat.

How could someone give away a laptop computer without its floppy drive???
We were given it third hand with broken hinges.