On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Statux wrote:
> example for 1.44MB image file:
>
> dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
>
> You must be root (have full permissions for the floppy disk device)
> boot.img is the image file (or whatever it happens to be named)
> /dev/fd0 is your floppy disk drive
> bs=1440k says that the block size is 1.44MB. This option (for this
> exact application of dd) doesn't usually make a difference and can be
> ommited (from my experiences).
>
> Then just mount the disk:
>
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> or however your system is set up.
>
That'll work. However, I did notice he said he wanted to do some
upgrade installs on floppiless machines.... :-)
John
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