On Mon, 29 Nov, 1999 à 06:59:43AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering whether Debian could change the format of the distributed > .bin files in the installation floppies. Currently, it seems that the
$ file /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/resc1440.bin /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/resc1440.bin: x86 boot sector, system SYSLINUX, FAT (12 bit) unlabeled, 2880 sectors So this is fat with syslinux installed. lowmem.bin also drv1440.bin is an msdos floppy too $ file /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/base14-1.bin /cdrom/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/base14-1.bin: data So this is tar floppy > > Imagine that the the floppies are in ext2 format; in the first install [...] > Or, better yet, if you have some Linux already running, you could > download the images and then mount each file using the "loop" option > (like in: mount -t ext2 -o loop /tmp/floppy1_bin /mnt) and then do the You can already for rescue and driver floppies, simply use -t msdos instead of -t ext2. BTW on floppies, fat is more useful than ext2 (you're more worried by space than by speed on a floppy). For base14-[1-7].bin, why not using tar directly ??? -- ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \) Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur ! (/ | \_|_ Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/