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Diffstat (limited to 'sysutils/dc42wrap/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysutils/dc42wrap/pkg-descr | 26 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/dc42wrap/pkg-descr b/sysutils/dc42wrap/pkg-descr index 0d879e914f5b..0db0d02339f2 100644 --- a/sysutils/dc42wrap/pkg-descr +++ b/sysutils/dc42wrap/pkg-descr @@ -1,21 +1,19 @@ -dc42wrap was created several years ago to produce open-source -operating system boot floppies for a PC that couldn't boot from -CD-ROM, in an environment where the only physically accessible -machines with floppy disk drives were Apple Macintoshes. + Several years ago, dc42wrap was created to produce open-source operating +system boot floppies for a PC that could not boot from CD-ROM, in an environment +where the only physically accessible machines with floppy disk drives were Apple +Macintoshes. "raw" disk image -> FTP -> dc42wrap FTP -> [Macintosh OS 7/8/9] -> physical floppy -When Apple stopped including floppy drives in their hardware, -this software fell into disuse ... until someone needed to copy -the contents of an ancient pile of HFS-formatted floppies onto a -floppy drive-less Macintosh running OS X, and the only physically -accessible machines with floppy disk drives were PCs running an -open-source operating system. - -Even though Apple now uses NDIF as their preferred disk image -format, modern software still understands DiskCopy 4.2 files ... -and OS X will happily mount those old HFS images on the desktop. + When Apple stopped including floppy drives in their hardware, this +software fell into disuse, until someone needed to copy the contents of an +ancient pile of HFS-formatted floppies onto a floppy drive-less Macintosh +running OS X, and the only physically accessible machines with floppy disk +drives were PCs running an open-source operating system. + Even though Apple now uses NDIF as their preferred disk image format, +modern software still understands DiskCopy 4.2 files, and OS X will happily +mount those old HFS images on the desktop. physical floppy -> dd -> dc42wrap SSH -> [Macintosh OS X] -> mounted filesystem |