From: barspi@wam.umd.edu (Barzilai Spinak) Subject: Re: You can use Norton's DiskEdit instead of rawrite.exe Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 21:23:47 GMT
In article <1lh0m1$o37@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx> al198723@next-mty.mty.itesm.mx ( Jesus Sanchez) writes:
> Something I haven't seen mentioned in the documentation is that you can
>also use Norton's DiskEdit with the option Tools/Write to, then choose
>"Physical disks". You select it from the beginning of the disk, it confirms
>the operation ("You may destroy data already existent," etc.), and then it
>proceeds to write. It seems to me a lot easier than rawrite, and it can signal
>physical errors.
>
> -- Eugenio Sanchez (al198723@next-mty.mty.itesm.mx)
This is a good idea. However, I don't understand what so many people find
confusing about rawrite. (I have heard that rawrite is more picky...)
I am new to unix and I had heard about Linux only for a few days when I got
the boot/root disks but I had no problems with rawrite. This is waht I did:
1) Copied the image files (uncompressed) and the rawrite program to the
C: drive.
2) Put a formated high-density disk in A:
3) Run rawrite. Give it the file name. Give it the drive name.
4) Go to the fridge to eat somethin'.
5) If there are more disks to be "rawritten" go to step 2)
else end.
Pretty straightforward eh?
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