From: Mike.Bloxham@f22.n121.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Bloxham) Subject: Re: Rootimage 97-1 Date: 30 Aug 1992 08:28:26 GMT
In a msg on <Aug 27 16:03>, George Thiruvathukal of 1:343/94 writes:
GT> From: gkt@iitmax.iit.edu (George Thiruvathukal)
GT> jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
> Mike.Bloxham@f22.n121.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Bloxham) writes:
GT> [...]
> >rootimage file is larger than a 1.2mb 5.25" floppy. Rawrite
> >errors after it finishes track 79. Is this a problem? I could
> > actually load the diskette though! Not sure if it is
> >complete.
> rootimage-0.97.1 is *exactly* 1200KB, and it fits on a HD 5.25"
> disk perfectly, in my experience.
>
> I don't know why rawrite is giving any errors, unless there are
> problems with the disk you wrote the image too. Anyone else
> have any ideas or similar problems?
GT> In my experience rawrite stops writing tracks once EOF is reached
GT> for the raw file. If the file were 1200KB, and KB==1000, then
GT> the number of bytes would be less than available on a 1.2MB
GT> diskette, where MB=1024*1024. Was an "error" message actually
GT> displayed?
The error (or maybe just a message) was 'Address mark not found'.
The message occurs after the last track is written.
mike
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