rawrite and dd do the same thing in this application. The image will fit on a 1.44MB floppy. All the floppy images are the exact size of a standard floppy.
dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 or dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k count=1 The second command will write the first 1.44MB out, but since the image is supposed to be 1.44MB anyway, the last 2 options are redundant. On Sun, 19 May 2002, Eddie Strohmier wrote: > > Hello all: > > I need to make a boot floppy to install RH 7.3 on my machine as I can > not boot from CD. I am finding the boot.img to large to fit on a > standard 1.44 floppy. Is there a way around this? Do I need a larger > floppy disk? When I have installed 6.2 in the past I never had a problem > with floppy size but I guess that boot.img is getting larger. I was > using rawrite.exe from the redhat cd on an old Windoze 98 machine via > dos emulation. If I were to use dd what is the format of that command to > place that file on a floppy. I still wonder of using dd would allow the > boot.img to fit on a 1.44 floppy. > > Thanks in Advance, > > > Eddie Strohmier > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
