[ale] WHERE2 find tomsrootboot that'll fit on ONE floppy ?

[Courtney Thomas]

I should have also added that the 10+gig HD is now configured as
hda1, hda2 & hda3, each about 2gigs, leaving, of course, about 4gigs
of unused space.

Appreciatively,
Courtney


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] WHERE2 find tomsrootboot that'll fit on ONE floppy ?


> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> [root at trumpy tomsrtbt-2.0.103]# ls
> buildit.s  fdflush   install.s     settings.s    tomsrtbt.raw
> clone.s    fdformat  license.html  tomsrtbt.FAQ  unpack.s
> [root at trumpy tomsrtbt-2.0.103]# ./install.s
> 
> Don't forget to READ the FAQ.
> 
> Insert a blank writable 3.5" floppy diskette then strike ENTER.
> 
> About to fdformat /dev/fd0u1722
> Double-sided, 82 tracks, 21 sec/track. Total capacity 1722 kB.
> Formatting ... done
> Verifying ... done
> About to dd floppy image
> 3444+0 records in
> 3444+0 records out
> 1763328 bytes (1.8 MB) copied, 177.241 s, 9.9 kB/s
> About to verify floppy image
> Succeeded!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> I now have Tom's Root Boot on a "1.44MB" diskette.
> 
> On 11/22/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Thank you James.
> >
> > I apologize for not being clearer, but...I want it to fit on one
> > "1.44MB" floppy but I see that his latest won't.
> >
> > Courtney
> >
> >
> > James Sumners wrote:
> > > http://www.google.com/search?q=tomsrtbt&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
> > >
> > > On 11/22/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>Courtney
> > >
> > >
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