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DocsBoot+ version 0.40ß readme file
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Copyright 1994-1996 Zac Schroff, all rights reserved
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DocsBoot+ is now being distributed using a new format, to improve
distribution security and reliability. The new format, with all of
the associated programs installed on a 1440KB disc image, should help
to maintain the integrity of the DocsBoot+ programs and files, plus it
allows a bootable installation utility to be included, which makes
installation and configuration simpler on systems which do not use
DOS, formerly the only operating system from which DocsBoot+ could be
reliably installed or configured.
The DocsBoot+ archive now includes only five files : this file
(README.DOC), the DocsBoot+ image (DOCSBOOT.IMG), the image converter
which will copy the image to a floppy in a DOS environment
(TODISC.COM), and a batch job (MAKEDISC.BAT and MAKEDISC.CMD) which
will run the image converter on the primary floppy disc. The other
DocsBoot+ files are in the disc image, and will be on the disc when
the disc converter is finished.
In order to operate the disc converter, you must have a 1440KB
disc. Insert this disc into your A drive. Go to the directory
containing the DocsBoot+ archive files, and run the disc converter by
entering MAKEDISC at a DOS prompt (A VM DOS box under most operating
systems should do). OS/2 users will likely find the MAKEDISC.CMD
useful, but it requires IBM's LOADDSKF.EXE be copied into the
directory where the DocsBoot+ archive files are. The disc converter
will run, and if no errors occur during the process, the disc in the
drive will contain the DocsBoot+ files (some systems may need the disc
removed and reinserted before the disc will be recognised properly).
Please read the instructions on the disc before proceeding.
If you have problems with the disc converter in a DOS box, try
reformatting the disc (long or unconditional format if your operating
system supports a long or unconditional and short or quick format).
Then run TODISC.COM like this :
TODISC -q 0 DOCSBOOT.IMG
this disables inline formatting and verify, two things which seem to
cause problems from DOS boxes in certain environments.
If your operating system is incompatible with the disc converter,
you can use any program which will copy the image to the disc in a
sector-by-sector fashion (the image is nothing more than a copy of the
sectors in the disc). Unix users may be able to use a command such as
`cat docsboot.img /dev/fd0' to make a disc. WARNING : The image MUST
be placed on a 1440KB disc to work properly.
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