Rawrite error message

[Ayman M. Roshdy]

Hi,

I'm trying to create the ROOT disk by using rawrite3.exe with the file
called ROOT from i386.tar, but it gives the following message "Can't figure
out how many sectors/track for diskette.", what is the problem, I tried 2
diskettes and gave the same message.
P.S. I'm trying to run rawrite3.exe from within win98 as I don't have a dos
installed on my PC.

Thanks.

[Martijn van Buul]

It occurred to me that Ayman M. Roshdy wrote in comp.os.minix:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create the ROOT disk by using rawrite3.exe with the file
> called ROOT from i386.tar, but it gives the following message "Can't figure
> out how many sectors/track for diskette.", what is the problem, I tried 2
> diskettes and gave the same message.

It's been a long time since I used rawrite, but I seem to recall this
happening with preformatted diskettes. Just format them a second time, and
it should be fixed.

> P.S. I'm trying to run rawrite3.exe from within win98 as I don't have a dos
> installed on my PC.

Do a 'full' format, then, not a quick one.

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[Ayman M. Roshdy]

I reformatted the diskette, and now it gives the following message:
"Attempt to DMA across 64K boundary"

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[Martijn van Buul]

It occurred to me that Ayman M. Roshdy wrote in comp.os.minix:

> I reformatted the diskette, and now it gives the following message:
> "Attempt to DMA across 64K boundary"

Don't use rawrite (or use a recent rawrite). Minix comes with fdvol -
should be doing the job.