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- From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
- Subject: Re: Trying to create OS/2-Bootable 5.25" Diskette
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:30:48 GMT
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- roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
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- > I have the Service Pack installed on my system, if that makes any
- > difference. So, what is the proper way to create an OS/2 bootable 5.25"
- > 1.2MB flopy disk?
-
- This method may not be proper, but it does work: format the diskette to a
- higher-capacity, nonstandard format. Using FDFORMAT (available from various
- anonymous FTP sites), I was able to create a 1.47MB diskette, on which I
- created my boot diskette. OS/2 is able to boot from such a disk, unlike
- DOS. Also, when you are prompted for the install diskette in making the
- boot disk, you can use the boot disk from the CSD. It seems to work also.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
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- Jack Tan If your parents didn't have kids,
- jahk@uiuc.edu chances are you won't either.
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