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by **Dina Brunstei** » Sat, 21 Sep 1996 04:00:00

Is it possible to create the bootable SCO v5.0 Desktop install
diskette(s?) from CD ROM *IF* I only have access to a MS-DOS computer w/
CD-ROM drive? If so, how would I do this.

TIA

by **Bela Lubki** » Sat, 21 Sep 1996 04:00:00

> Is it possible to create the bootable SCO v5.0 Desktop install
> diskette(s?) from CD ROM *IF* I only have access to a MS-DOS computer w/
> CD-ROM drive? If so, how would I do this.

On the OpenServer 5.0.2 CD (or on the Free OpenServer CD), disk images
are stored in /opt/images. I'm not sure if they're also on the 5.0.0.
From DOS, you could use "rawrite" or a similar program to write one of
those images onto a floppy. rawrite is available on lots of FTP sites
including most Linux & BSD repositories.

Note that you can only create a boot disk this way. You must still use
the CD-ROM as the source medium for the main install files; you cannot
make a collection of >100 floppies and install from those.

Quote:>Bela<

by **Bela Lubki** » Sat, 21 Sep 1996 04:00:00

Reposting article removed by rogue canceller.

> Is it possible to create the bootable SCO v5.0 Desktop install
> diskette(s?) from CD ROM *IF* I only have access to a MS-DOS computer w/
> CD-ROM drive? If so, how would I do this.

On the OpenServer 5.0.2 CD (or on the Free OpenServer CD), disk images
are stored in /opt/images. I'm not sure if they're also on the 5.0.0.
From DOS, you could use "rawrite" or a similar program to write one of
those images onto a floppy. rawrite is available on lots of FTP sites
including most Linux & BSD repositories.

Note that you can only create a boot disk this way. You must still use
the CD-ROM as the source medium for the main install files; you cannot
make a collection of >100 floppies and install from those.

Quote:>Bela<

by **Bela Lubki** » Sun, 22 Sep 1996 04:00:00

> On the OpenServer 5.0.2 CD (or on the Free OpenServer CD), disk images
> are stored in /opt/images. I'm not sure if they're also on the 5.0.0.
> From DOS, you could use "rawrite" or a similar program to write one of
> those images onto a floppy. rawrite is available on lots of FTP sites
> including most Linux & BSD repositories.

I was mistaken; the floppy images on the OSR5.0.2 CD are actually under
/images (i.e. /mnt/images, if you mounted the CD on /mnt; or perhaps
E:\IMAGES if you're accessing it from DOS). The floppy images are a new
feature of the 5.0.2 CD; they don't exist on the OSR5.0.0 CD.

Quote:>Bela<

by **Bela Lubki** » Sun, 22 Sep 1996 04:00:00

Reposting article removed by rogue canceller.

> On the OpenServer 5.0.2 CD (or on the Free OpenServer CD), disk images
> are stored in /opt/images. I'm not sure if they're also on the 5.0.0.
> From DOS, you could use "rawrite" or a similar program to write one of
> those images onto a floppy. rawrite is available on lots of FTP sites
> including most Linux & BSD repositories.

I was mistaken; the floppy images on the OSR5.0.2 CD are actually under
/images (i.e. /mnt/images, if you mounted the CD on /mnt; or perhaps
E:\IMAGES if you're accessing it from DOS). The floppy images are a new
feature of the 5.0.2 CD; they don't exist on the OSR5.0.0 CD.

Quote:>Bela<

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Creating install boot diskette from cd-rom

Creating install boot diskette from cd-rom