"bluesbravo" == bluesbravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
bluesbravo> dd if=file of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 conv=sync ; sync
bluesbravo> above is the instruction from the install manual; the
bluesbravo> floppy drive on my fedora is /mnt/floppy, which i used
bluesbravo> instead of /dev/fd0...however, that command didnt work
bluesbravo> - the error message said 'floppy is a
bluesbravo> directory'.....(please keep in mind that i am a linux
bluesbravo> novice)
/mnt/floppy *is* a directory - it is where the floppy drive typically
gets mounted when you use it 'normally'.
You want to raw floppy *device*. This is almost certainly /dev/fd0 so
that is what you should use.
Cheers!
Shyamal
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