3/6/01 2:39:53 AM, Daniel Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Someone asked me a question I was not able to answer properly.
>They have a server with disk problems, and could only boot up
>again by using the bootup floppy. They wanted to know how to
>make a duplicate of that floppy, as a backup.
>
>I could not think of an easy way, in Linux, to do a win-like
> "copy a: b:"
>
>I suggested copying to a directory, and then back to a new
>floppy, formatted for Linux.
>Is is possible to do something like "dd < /dev/fd0 > /dev/fd1"
>with only one floppy drive ?
>
>I usually copy the required files from /boot that I need.
>Any suggestions ?
>
>Thanks... Dan.
>
>Go to Drake Config and make a boot disc.
Jim
>
>
