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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

1 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.

2 External links

• http://www.fdos.org/ripcord/rawrite/