Will someone with Winimage Pro create and post to the LEAF site at sourceforge.net, a win32 self-extracting blank 1.68Mb floppy with linux boot sector? I think that it would help LEAF style floppy developers format and edit floppies while at a client site (err.. Mom's house!) from her win32 system, for her LEAF firewall.
I would do this, but don't have the $60 for WinImage Pro. I did research on creating a GPL win32 1.68Mb floppy formater and "syslinux"ing the boot sector for linux style boot sector, with limited results, because I am neither a coder, nor had the time to lobby for this. HISTORY: There is no GPL win32 1.68Mb floppy formatter code. The highest common denominator floppy size that Windows (9x/Me/Nt/2k/Xp) can read/write is 1.68Mb, but these OSes format only 1.44Mb. Although Windows 9x/Me and linux systems can read/write higher formats such as 1.72Mb, the Nt/2k/Xp OSes cannot read/write this size. I have sample win32 formatter C code, from an old magzine, and notes for those that are interested. I asked syslinux developer H. Peter Anvin if he wanted to help, support or advise on updating the syslinux win32 tool for inserting a linux style boot sector on to 1.44Mb and 1.68Mb floppies. He was very NOT interested. http://syslinux.zytor.com/ I also asked John Newbigin of "rawwrite for windows" fame if he had ever considered modifying his application for 1.68Mb floppies. He has GPL code called "diskio2.dll" that looks very useful for a one app fits all win32 flavors, for reading and writing directly from the disk, possibly useful for 1.68Mb formatting and adding win32 support for syslinux. http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/diskio/index.htm Thought that this would interest all of you. -Nathaniel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
