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RedShift

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-07-16

Posts: 230

i586 floppy bootdisks

Are there floppy bootdisks available for the i586 port of ArchLinux? I kinda need them :

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: i586 floppy bootdisks

All Arch mirror has them *Ithink*:
ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/i586/images/

RedShift

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-07-16

Posts: 230

Re: i586 floppy bootdisks

W00ps. Overlooked that. Thanks. How do I write them, dd if=image of=/dev/floppy/0?

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: i586 floppy bootdisks

I've use a windows apps to make my i686 floppies. Your command looks OK. I've checked the man pages and I remember seeing it somewhere.

RedShift

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-07-16

Posts: 230

Re: i586 floppy bootdisks

Actually I've never used floppies on linux. I got read of my floppydrives long time ago. But now I need them for a project for school

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bosewicht

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From: Honolulu, HI

Registered: 2004-05-29

Posts: 67

Re: i586 floppy bootdisks

I've tried to use the floppies on my laptop but it seems tulip is from 2002, so i think it is safe to assume a lot of the pkgs are a little out of date.  Is pcmcia included on the floppies as well? i don't recall off of the top of my head, but i don't think so. I will look again when i get home. When I have the time i may try to make a more updated set of floppies, but if anyone else wants to, go for it. 

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maci

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From: Singapore

Registered: 2005-04-03

Posts: 43

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Re: i586 floppy bootdisks

would be nice to have updated i586 floppies

PAPPPmAc

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From: Kentucky

Registered: 2003-07-07

Posts: 21

Re: i586 floppy bootdisks

If you have a CD drive for the machine you want the floppies for, the i586 ISO at http://archlinux.veloxis.de/i586/ is somewhat newer and less ornery than the floppies on the archlinux server. I have 5 machines installed off of that (by moving one CD drive from one to the next), and they for the most part installed with no trouble.