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4. On start-up, the utility asks for the source and destination of the file
to copy. The image of the boot disk is located in the directory boot/
on CD 1. The file name is bootdisk. Remember to specify the path
for your CD drive.
d:\dosutils\rawrite\rawrite
RaWrite 1.2 - Write disk file to raw floppy diskette
Enter source file name: d:\boot\bootdisk
Enter destination drive: a:
After you enter the destination drive a:, rawrite prompts you to insert a
formatted floppy disk and press
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Enter . Subsequently, the progress of the
copy action is displayed. The process can be terminated with
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Ctrl -
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C .
The other disk images (modules1, modules2, modules3, and modules4)
can be created in the same way. These floppy disks are required if you have
USB or SCSI devices or a network or PCMCIA card that you want to ad-
dress during the installation. A module disk may also be needed if using a
special file system during the installation.
3.6.2 Creating a Boot Disk in a UNIX-Type System
On a UNIX or Linux system, you need a CD-ROM drive and a formatted
floppy disk. Proceed as follows to create boot disks:
1. If you need to format the disks first, use:
fdformat /dev/fd0u1440
2. Mount CD 1 (for example, to /media/cdrom):
mount -tiso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
3. Change to the boot directory on the CD:
cd /media/cdrom/boot
4. Create the boot disk with the following command:
dd if=/media/cdrom/boot/bootdisk of=/dev/fd0 bs=8k
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