On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 04:54:26PM -0700, Christopher Keller wrote:
> On 17 Jul 2001 15:59:56 -0700, Christopher Keller wrote:
> >
> >
> Okay, as a followup to my post.
>
> I've used dd to create an image from the DRDOS bootable floppy. I then
> uuencoded this into a shell script which, upon execution, uudecodes and
> the uses dd to write itself to a floppy. Result is a shell script that
> creates a bootable dos disk. Of course, it's subject to those nasty
> copyright things, so I probably shouldn't mail it out. I was thinking of
> sending it to Caldera/DRDOS so they can put it on their download
> section.
I doubt that your script is subject to copyright restrictions unless
you impose them. Just don't send the data with the script. Have the
script check to see if the appropriate files are present, and complain
if they aren't.
On the other tentacle, if you do want to include the data, look into
the shar utilities. You can use them to produce a shell script which
extracts the data from itself, and manipulates it as needed. It even
includes source for its own version of uudecode in case the target
computer doesn't have it. And compiles it on the fly if needed.
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