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- From: Mike.Bloxham@f22.n121.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Bloxham)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Rootimage 97-1
- Message-ID: <715330193.F00035@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 00:28:26 -0800
- Sender: Gatekeeper@remote.halcyon.com
- Lines: 31
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- In a msg on <Aug 27 16:03>, George Thiruvathukal of 1:343/94 writes:
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- GT> From: gkt@iitmax.iit.edu (George Thiruvathukal)
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- GT> jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
- > Mike.Bloxham@f22.n121.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Bloxham) writes:
- GT> [...]
- > >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.
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- > 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?
-
- GT> In my experience rawrite stops writing tracks once EOF is reached
- GT> for the raw file. If the file were 1200KB, and KB==1000, then
- GT> the number of bytes would be less than available on a 1.2MB
- GT> diskette, where MB=1024*1024. Was an "error" message actually
- GT> displayed?
- The error (or maybe just a message) was 'Address mark not found'.
- The message occurs after the last track is written.
-
- mike
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