Subject: Re: Mac Floppy utility
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Michael G. Schabert <mikeride@prez.buf.servtech.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/24/1998 20:27:39
>At 8:41 PM -0700 7/23/98, Bill Studenmund wrote:
>>Does anyone know of a utility which will let me write an arbitrary file
>>out to a floppy? Something like rawrite (sp?) does under DOS, or dd
>>if=a_file of=/dev/rfd0a does under NetBSD?
>
>I used rawrite (sp?) under Virtual PC with no problems to create a FreeBSD
>boot floppy.  (It couldn't find the virtual disk drives to load anything
>onto though so I couldn't install FreeBSD under Virtual PC.  The floppy
>booted VPC OK though.)

I used rawrite under the old SoftPC (Win3.1) on my Q840AV to make a boot
floppy for my DEC AlphaStation...it worked like a charm.


Mike

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