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Date:	Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:26:02 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Creating Boot Diskettes from files saved on the Hard Drive?

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OK, Thanks Steven for your answer. I'll give it a try.

HCM

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Steven Levine wrote:
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> In <3D247933.79DEAAE6@attglobal.net>, on 07/04/02
> at 08:35 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:
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> >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.
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> My solution is savedskf/loaddskf. You know loaddskf from the days when
> .dsk files were the typical download.
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> FWIW, you can make bootable diskettes with the copy method. Consider that
> BOOTOS2 does this just fine. You need to run sysinstx on the diskette to
> prepare the MBR, just like you would when making a harddrive
> partition/volume bootable.
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> Steven
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