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Date:	Thu, 4 Jul 2002 08:35:17 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	SCOUG Help <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Creating Boot Diskettes from files saved on the Hard Drive?

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Hi there,

I am trying to create a set of OS/2 bootable diskettes, using files that
I copied and saved to my hard drive. Here's the problem:

I have a REXX script that automates the task of creating Back Again 2000
emergency boot diskettes. The final step in the script is to copy the
created files from each diskette to an individual folder on my hard
drive (a different folder for each diskette).

Now, the boot diskettes work just fine. However, I want to be able to
create another set of bootable diskettes, at any time, using the saved
files on my hard drive. That is, I want to format a new set of diskettes
and copy back the files from the folders on the hard drive and have the
result produce a new set of bootable diskettes. I don't want to have to
use DISKCOPY and my existing floppies.

Because we are dealing with system files and boot sectors, I cannot just
simply format the diskettes and then copy the files to them from the
hard drive. That won't work.

Anybody got any ideas on how to do this? Thanks muchly.

HCM

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