The boot / install floppy is distributed as a binary image of the floppy disk; it is a block by block copy of the data of the original boot / install floppy. This means you can not simply use a normal copy program to create your own boot / install floppy. For this purpose we have supplied the program rawrite3.com which is capable of re-creating a floppy disk from a binary image.

Note: the binary image was taken from a High Density (1.44Mb) floppy disk, so this is the type of floppy you must use.
 

Once you have created the floppy disk you can proceed to Step 4.
 

1) If you are running Linux on your Desktop PC

Go into the directory where you have unzipped the PizzaBox File Server distribution file, insert a floppy disk in to the floppy drive and type the following command (do not type the "#"):-
 

# dd if=install.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k
1440+0 records in
1440+0 records out
 

The floppy disk is ready when the light goes out.
 

2) If you are running Windows on your Desktop PC

Once you have unzipped the PizzaBox File Server distribution file into a directory, run rawrite3.com by double clicking on it. You should then be presented with a screen like this :-

At the file name: prompt enter the name install.bin and press return. You should then get a screen like this :-

Type the drive letter you wish to write the image to, usually "A", and press return. rawrite will now write the binary image to the floppy disk showing you bars across the screen to indicate progress.