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Copyright©2002 by Daniel B. Sedory

The version used on my Linux/UNIX Commands page is:

tomsrtbt 2.0.103
(Anything above this should still be close enough.)

1)If you run a DOS (or MS-Windows) OS, then download one of the
".dos.zip" files. For example: „
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2)If you run a Linux/GNU OS, then get one of the ".tar.gz" archive
files. For example: „
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aom's rtbt can be found at various mirrors all over the world. You should
begin at aom's own web site for a list of various locations:
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NOTE0 ahe actual download pages ›
contain
 other files (the   site
had over 60 files), so you may need to search a bit to get the „
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Installing "tomsrtbt" to a Floppy Disk


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  „ floppy drive or you're just really worried about this, then keep your
finger on the POWER or RESEa button and look for error messages while listening
for any 'bad sounds' while the floppy drive is running, 
please don't blame me for
any damages!
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IF you really want to practice using " #$

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For D  /% Users:

Unzip the files from the .zip archive into a new folder (directory) named:
C:\tomsrtbt (so you won't forget where they are). Now you must restart
Windows in REAL % ( 
just open a DOS box in Windows!) because
we're going to run a small Linux OS in your computer's memory!
Once you're at a DOS prompt (such as C:\> ) type this:
£
 and press the ENaER key. You should then see:
C:\tomsrtbt> . Now you can ENaER p  to run install.bat (a
batch program) which will first load Linux and then start a script file that
guides you through the „
„„ Boot Disk creation. Place any 3.5 inch
HD (high density) floppy diskette into your A: drive. It doesn't matter if it's
been formatted or not, since the install program will be formatting it
differently anyway.

For " /GNU users:

Extract files from .tar.gz archive and then make sure you're logged in as
'root' before proceeding. Open a console ( if you're using X-windows /
KDE / Gnome /


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3.5 inch HD floppy in è
, and ENaER at the prompt:  p  
( make sure to 'umount' any previous floppy diskette, but do  „ mount
this one! If there's a problem, read section "4) GNU/Linux installation" 

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ette(also incorrectly called a 1.72

or 1.722 MB following the usage of "1.44 mb" for
- $M ../ diskettes!)
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...$„ and a capacity of about 19.6% more than a 1440 kb
floppy disk.

So what is it about this diskette that might cause a problem in some floppy
drives? Well, instead of using only 80 tracks (concentric rings of magnetic data) like
a 1440 kb diskette, this one uses +„$. Since the spacing between these
tracks is the same for both diskettes, the drive heads must move a bit closer
towards the center of the media to read tracks 81 and 82. If a drive has some kind
of physical 'stop' that won't allow the heads to travel far enough (or possibly a
controller chip telling the PC it can't seek higher than 81 tracks), then there'd be a
problem! As we said above though, almost any drive being sold today should be
able to handle 82-track and even 83-track diskettes without any problems ( I have
to wonder if it's because these drives don't have any 'stops' at all).

But simply adding two extra tracks would yield just another 72 sectors (that's 18
sectors per track x 4; remember there are 2 sides). In order to get 564 more sectors
(3,444 - 2,880) onto a 3.5 inch diskette, the number of$„ „$ must be
increased to  (apparently the limit for MS-DOS compatibility). So, the total
capacity of a  diskette can now be computed as follows:

 sectors/track x + tracks/side x 2 sides =

... sectors.
512 bytes/sector x 3,444 sectors =  *

+ bytes.
1,763,328 bytes ÷ 1024 bytes/KB = /
or
1,763,328 bytes ÷ 1,048,576 bytes/MB = *+1640625 MB



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