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- From: jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.)
- Subject: Re: Rootimage 97-1
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.030956.23865@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- Sender: news@muddcs.claremont.edu (The News System)
- Organization: Harvey Mudd College, WIBSTR
- References: <714872665.F00266@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:09:56 GMT
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- In article <714872665.F00266@remote.halcyon.com> Mike.Bloxham@f22.n121.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Bloxham) writes:
- >Hi All-
- > I am just starting to look at installing Linux. I have had some
- >experience with Minix in the past, but Linux looks great! I just got
- >the bootimage and rootimage files from txs-11 and noticed that the
- >rootimage file is larger than a 1.2mb 5.25" floppy. Rawrite errors
- >after it finishes track 79. Is this a problem? I could actually load
- >the diskette though! Not sure if it is complete.
-
- rootimage-0.97.1 is *exactly* 1200KB, and it fits on a HD 5.25" disk
- perfectly, in my experience.
-
- I don't know why rawrite is giving any errors, unless there are
- problems with the disk you wrote the image too. Anyone else have any
- ideas or similar problems?
- --
- + Jim Winstead Jr. (CSci '95)
- | Harvey Mudd College, WIBSTR
- | jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.EDU
- + or jwinstea@fenris.Claremont.EDU
-