RaWrite2
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RAWRITE2 is a floppy image file writer/creator distributed under version 2.0 of the GNU General Public License.
It can be used to create raw image files from a floppy, and write such image files to a floppy. RAWRITE2 supports not only standard formats (360KB, 720KB or 1.44 MB) but a lot more: all fd format and 2m formats, or any other given number of tracks and sectors.
It runs under DOS 3.2 or later
Usage
- To make a disk image: RAWRITE2 U: file [options]
- To copy an image to disk: RAWRITE2 file [file file ...] U: [options]
- "U:" is floppy drive A: or B:
- "file" is the image file name (i.e. boot.img)
- "options" is one of
- /Fxxx for xxx size floppy (default 1.44 MB)
- /R read size from sector 0 (only DOS floppies)
- /N do not use BIOS, use DOS instead or a combination of
- /Txx xx=number of tracks (max 84, default=80)
- /Sxx xx=number of sectors (default=18)
- /Bxxx xxx=sector size in bytes (default=512)
- /Hx x=number of heads (1 or 2, default=2)
The destination disk must be previously formatted.
See also :
- RaWrite and disk image.
- On Unix or similar systems the dd program can be used to write an image to a floppy.