Dr. Martin Stahl wrote:

>Hello Mike, hello Don, 
>
>excuse me for mixing me up. 
>
>I think there must be a lot more "rar execution" files for DOS and OS/2
>to be found. 
>
>I have got one - rar.exe - from 1996, but did only use it very seldom,
>as usually zipped files are used. - No experience with making bootable
>floppies or CD_ROMs. 
>
>Please find enclosed some information. If anybody is interested to have
>a copy, so please send an email privately. 
>
>Kind regards from Germany 
>
>Martin 
>(Dr. Martin Stahl) 
>
>Mike O'Connor schrieb:
>  
>
>>Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:
>>
>>>   Mike must have given me a different version of Raread
>>>than what you are using.
>>>
>>>         The name of this file is:  Raread.Doc
>>>
>>> DOS   Ctrl+Esc = Window List                      Type HELP = help
>>>
>>>F:\>raread /h
>>>RAREAD 1.1, Copyright 2001 by Brian E. Reifsnyder
>>>under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
>>>
>>>RAREAD option information:
>>>
>>> -f      - specify disk image file
>>> -d     - specify diskette drive to use;
>>>                       must be either A or B
>>> -n            - don't wait for user to insert diskette --
>>>                       assumes diskette is waiting in selected drive
>>> -h            - print this help message and exit
>>>
>>Hi Don,
>>
>>I've never seen that one!
>>That isn't the one I have here!
>>
>>OS/2      Ctrl+Esc = Window List       Type HELP = help
>>[384SDRAM K:\UNFILED\experimental\RAREAD]raread -h
>>raread: make image file from 3.5 inch diskette
>>Synopsis: raread [-dhe] drive imagefile
>> where:
>>    -d           forces DD (720K) diskette type
>>    -h           forces HD (1.44MB) diskette type
>>    -e           forces ED (2.88MB) diskette type
>>    drive        is the drive to be read from
>>    imagefile    is the name of the file to contain the diskette image
>>
>>Examples:  raread a: boot.img
>>           raread -e a: bigboot.img
>>
>>If the diskette size is not specified, an attempt is made to determine
>>the actual media type. If this is not possible, or the decision is wrong,
>>the -d, -e or -h flags can be used to specify the diskette density.
>>
>>This is version 2.0 (32-bit), by Bob Eager (rde{at}tavi.co.uk)
>>A 16-bit dual mode (DOS and OS/2) version is also available.
>>
>>[384SDRAM K:\UNFILED\experimental\RAREAD]rareadb -h
>>rareadb: make image file from 3.5 inch diskette
>>Synopsis: rareadb [-dhe] drive imagefile
>> where:
>>    -d           forces DD (720K) diskette type
>>    -h           forces HD (1.44MB) diskette type
>>    -e           forces ED (2.88MB) diskette type
>>    drive        is the drive to be read from
>>    imagefile    is the name of the file to contain the diskette image
>>
>>Examples:  rareadb a: boot.img
>>           rareadb -e a: bigboot.img
>>
>>This is version 2.0 (16-bit dual mode), by Bob Eager (rde{at}tavi.co.uk)
>>A 32-bit OS/2-only version is also available.
>>Currently running in OS/2 mode.
>>
>>[384SDRAM K:\UNFILED\experimental\RAREAD]
>>
>>So someone else must have given you that one!
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Mike
>>    
>>
Hi Martin,

Thanks for all the trouble, but you've mixed up RAR [archiving program] 
with RAREAD.EXE and RAWRITE.EXE.

In the case of the specific versions for OS/2 [by Bob Eager] that were 
being referred to:

RAREAD copies a diskette to a diskette image file.  The image file is 
not compressed or truncated in any way.
RAWRITE copies a diskette image file to a diskette [e.g. an IBM Fixpack 
file like XR_C004.6DK]. The image file can be the same size as a 
diskette, or smaller.  If the image is smaller, the rest of the last 
used track is set to zeros, and the rest of the diskette is left untouched.

Hope that clears it up.

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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