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- From: cambria@smaug.enet.dec.com (Michael C. Cambria)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 beta to be released 12-28 to EVERYONE!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.221102.26629@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <92363.132259I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:09:08 GMT
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- In article <92363.132259I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET (CUNY/Spartacus) writes...
- >In article <gZ0gwB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP>, tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory
- >Youngblood) says:
- >>If I understand what is going on with the CD, you will end up with a complete
- >>set of installable disks. Is that correct?
- >>
- >The set of installable disks are in what IBM called Diskimage format.
- >Its basically all the files mushed together into one larger file.
- >An executable program called LOADDSKF.EXE will breakup the file
- >into the smaller files it's made up of onto a floppy. Make sure
- >you copy loaddskf onto a floppy along with the diskimages.
- >
- >[stuff deleted]
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- Do you know if there will be images for 5.25" disks (or if LOADDSKF.EXE
- will be able to "breakup" all the "files mushed together" into 5.25"
- "smaller files"?)
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- Thanks,
- /Mike
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