*- On 23 Feb, Pollywog wrote about "rawrite question" > Can I avoid using rawrite (I do not have a DOS system) if I already have one > machine running Linux? Can I use that machine to make a set of Debian install > floppies? >
>From ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/install.txt 5.10.1. Writing Disk Images From a Linux or Unix System -------------------------------------------------------- To write the floppy disk image files to the floppy disks, you will probably need root access to the system. Place a good, blank floppy in the floppy drive. Next, use the command dd if=<file> of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync where <file> is one of the floppy disk image files. `/dev/fd0' is a commonly used name of the floppy disk device, it may be different on your workstation (on Solaris, it is `/dev/fd/0'). The command may return to the prompt before Unix has finished writing the floppy disk, so look for the disk-in-use light on the floppy drive and be sure that the light is out and the disk has stopped revolving before you remove it from the drive. On some systems, you'll have to run a command to eject the floppy from the drive (on Solaris, use `eject', see the manual page). Some systems attempt to automatically mount a floppy disk when you place it in the drive. You might have to disable this feature before the workstation will allow you to write a floppy in _raw mode_. Unfortunately, how to accomplish this will vary based on your operating system. On Solaris, make sure `vold' isn't running. On other systems, ask your system administrator. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
