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Re: [SuSE Linux] Rawrite.exe
  • From: r.ibbotson@xxxxxxxxx (Richard Ibbotson)
  • Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 16:12:43 -0000
  • Message-id: <199901021613.QAA06768@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Zulfiqar,

On 2 Jan 99, at 10:40, Zulfiqar Naushad wrote:

> > Does this mean that rawrite will not copy the 7.09 Mb file to a
> > floppy ?
>
> How can any program copy such a large file onto a 1.44 mb floppy?
>
> Unless of course it is compressed or something. But even then, a 6:1
> compression is not very common for executables and kernel's.
>

Yes, I've been trying to understand why a Linux book saya that "any"
file can be copied.

Thanks very much

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