On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, jdd wrote:
Hello :-)
SUSE Linux used to offer floppies images on the /boot directory of the first disk.
these images couls be made from linux or from Windows. There where a windows start app on the first cd and inserting it in a windows machine gave the choice of booting linux (the cd) or making floppies.
this is no more available (10.0).
They are. On ftp.suse.com.
There is a perl utility (mkbootdisk) that build the (7) floppies.
so:
* where are the floppies images? Looks like they are cat'ed
They are created by that script you mentioned. Pre-build versions for 10.0 are on our ftp server.
(on the "rescue" 21Mb file?) - how are they built with the script, reading it didn't gave me enough clues,
* if so why does rawrite still exist in the cd? don't seem anymore usefull. (perl is not that usual on windows :-)
Download the images and burn them. If you think that's too esoteric: we usually forget to put out pre-build floppy images and are reminded by customers asking our supporters. :-)
* what is the real + in this system? are the 64 bits floppies so similar to 32 one is enough to change just some bits?
??? You can create 32 and 64 bit images (or bi-arch, if you really have that many floppies). Steffen