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Stuart Matheson wrote:
> 
> I have tried fdimage and rawrite (on ms-dos) and neither of them can write
> to the disk because with fdimage, it reports that the file is too big for
> the disk, and with rawrite, it writes up to track 80 (or was it 79?) then
> bombs out.  HELP! (please)
> 
> Stuart Matheson

Guaranteed to work:
- Re-FTP boot.flp, make sure you're using binary.
- Format the disk in DOS first, make sure it formats with no errors.
- Run fdimage from DOS (not dosprompt in Windows).