Just a small thing, I once use
dd if=image of=/dev/fd0
bootting use that disk sometimes is ok, sometimes
failed. I use the same floppy and change the command
to
dd if=image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k
it works.
And I ususally failled if I use cat like
cat image > /dev/fd0
--- David Talkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
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> Remo Mattei wrote:
>
> >I made the diskette with the dd command it boots
> and then it does not
> >find the cdrom. I do have a tecra laptop where I
> want to install 7.1.
> >I am able to get the screen where is says to
> install press enter it runs
> >through the floppy then it comes back and says
> insert another disk or
> >press any key to continue I put another disk there
> but still goes back
> >to regular boot!!
>
> I frequently see these things begin to boot, get
> mostly through the
> kernel loading process, and then die with "Boot
> failed ... insert
> another disk and press a key", or something like
> that. It's
> invariably a bad floppy or several, or perhaps a bad
> floppy drive. I
> just keep whipping floppy disks across the room
> (much to the chagrin
> of my cat) until one of them works.
>
> I create them with this:
>
> dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0
>
> As another poster pointed out, the disk imaging
> process does not work
> around bad sectors, as would a low-level format of
> the floppy. This
> greatly increases the chance for errors,
> unfortunately.
>
> - --
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