the capacity of the floppy should not come into it as its such a small
amount, it doesn't need to be formatted.
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 05:51:31PM -0700, MRZ wrote:
>
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:48:39 +1000, Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > possibly try another floppy disk, or drive?
>
> On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 02:37:30PM -0700, MRZ wrote:
> > > mustang@mustang:/usr/share/grub/i386-pc$ dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=3D512 seek=1
> > > dd: /dev/fd0: Permission denied
> > > 105+1 records in
> > > 105+1 records out
> > > mustang@mustang:/usr/share/grub/i386-pc$
>
>
> I've only the single floppy drive on this box, but I did go ahead and
> try a new floppy disk. I still get that "Permission denied" error.
> It's obviously something with dd but - well, what?? And why wouldn't it
> happen with stage1 if it happens with stage2?
>
> Does the capacity of the floppy disk matter? Isn't it irrelevant if
> the disk is already formatted (or not)..?
>
> Marc.
>
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