Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen;Ossama Othman
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floppy drives. A special program is used to write the image files to
floppy disk in raw mode. First, you need to get to a DOS prompt. In Windows 95 and above, you can do this by double-clicking on an MS-DOS icon or by going to Start\( \rightarrow \)Programs\( \rightarrow \)MS-DOS prompt. Then, insert your Debian GNU/Linux CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. First, you change to your CD-ROM drive. In most cases, this is D:. C:\WINDOWS>D: Now, change to the directory containing the disk images. D:\>CD \DISTS\SLINK\MAIN\DISKS-I386\2.1.8-1999-02-22 If you get an error, double-check what you're typing. If the error persists, manually issue CD \DISTS\SLINK\MAIN\DISKS-I386, then run DIR, and then CD into the directory indicated. Note that the above commands, and some other examples below, may appear as a single line on your display even if they are wrapped here. Now, you're ready to create the first of two disks. Start the program to write them out, rawrite2: D:\DISTS\SLINK\MAIN\DISKS-I386\ 2.1.8-1999-02-22>rawrite2 RaWrite 2.0 - Write disk file to |
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