there is a util in the dos directory of the distribution that lets you
create the boot disks from a dos prompt "dd c:\image a:\image" something
like that. Use this, it is much more stable.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronald Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] A Very Very Basic Question
>
> Hi Group, I do apologize for being so novice. That is what one gets for
> working on this all night without rest and I must say thank God for adsl
> :)
>
> It seems that many people are missing my point. I do not have the
> installation of Mandrake on a CD-ROM. A plain download to my local hard
> drive. My problems seems to come from trying to do a RAWRITE.exe I have
> never ran into this before, so it's a learning process. I followed the
> directions, but the files I need to write to the floppy want write there.
>
> In my mistake of downloading the ISO and using winimage, it worked
> perfect.
> When click the RAWRITE file, it asks for the image source file....I enter
> hd.image a:: but nothing. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Brown
