Clarence, The thing is that *VERY* big "if" in your statement. I have a copy of win 6.22 on my HDD; it doesn't include an image for a bootable diskette. <G> I *think* I have a win6.22 bootable diskette around here somewhere, but only because I had to create one for a system that got trashed, and the dear sweet virus infested system *did* allow me to make a bootable diskette before both F-Prot & McAffee went to work removing MBR viruses from HDD and about 250 diskettes. <sigh>
The thing is that diskettes don't last as long as hard drives ... "In the beginning" it was just the opposite, but now if you want to keep something with the least chance of bit-loss, it's on a harddrive somewhere. Someday maybe Flash Cards, but not yet ... ==== On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 04:36:57 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 17:12:10 -0400, L.D. Best wrote: >> It should be a rather simple utility to design, and should be rather >> small. It would certainly be marketable in "less than rich" portions of >> this world where 286 isn't a dirty word. The question is, would the >> appreciation of "the unwashed masses" be enough recompense for the >> techie who comes up with the utility ... cuz s/he ain't gonna get rich >> with it. One further aspect of such a utility: It would really REALLY >> piss M$ off, the idea that someone running one DOS could create a boot >> diskette for another DOS, or even create it from the CLI of dozerwarez!! >> }:> > There is no need to get even THAT complicated. > *IF* you have a bootable floppy of ANY OS, you can strip it of all files > except command.com and the two sys files (and the MBR) and use a program > such as DISKCOPY.com to create an IMAGE of it that can be stored on your > HD or emailed anywhere. > Diskcopy can (and will) re-create a bootable floppy of the same original > format and OS regardless of the OS you are running. > DISKCOPY R2.03 Diskette copying utility > Copyright (C) 1990,1996 Caldera, Inc. All rights reserved. > - Clarence Verge > - Back to using Arachne V1.62 .... -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
