Exe => Img ????

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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Francois-Rene Rideau wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 02:53:44PM +0200, LeDudu@gmx.net wrote:
> > I have an exe-file with a size of 1077 bytes.
> > The disk only accepts an img-file of 512 bytes. When I try to make an
> > img-file with "IMG version 2.0 by Kalk Huth", it becomes an img of 1,47
> > megabytes. Now I know I should do it with Microsoft DEBUG
> > but I don't know how!!!
> 
> 1) first and foremost, this list is NOT os-help, but os-ideas.
>   Stop polluting this forum with your silly questions,
>   and go os-help@tunes.org instead!

But they both have such low traffic that nobody cares.  Maybe they should
be merged again.  Paul DID say he wanted to allow ANY topic to be
discussed here.  A brainstorming list needs freedom of topic.  We can add
lists if necessary.

> 3) if you've got more than epsilon of a brain, stop using MS-DoS
>   and MS-Losedoze, and instead use linux, where you can just
>   dd if=foo.img of=/dev/fd0 sync
>
> 4) get a clue, and learn to RTFM

Fare, I suggest you read today's slashdot article, entitled
"Anti-Linux-IPO HOWTO"
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/07/23/1332252.shtml

It criticizes Linux advocates of being too eager to flame, which just
contributes to negative impressions of free software communities.

It recommends re-reading e-mails before they are sent to check for flames,
such as "if you've got more than epsilon of a brain", and "get a clue."

David Manifold <dem@tunes.org>
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