Re:Diskette

2001-05-05 Thread Steve Kieu
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 <[EM

Re:Diskette

2001-05-05 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- 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 i

Re:Diskette

2001-05-05 Thread Mike Burger
Does your Tecra have space for both your floppy and CD-ROM drive to be in the laptop at the same time? If your floppy drive is in the machine, but your CD-ROM is not, then you need to have the CD-ROM drive in the machine and to attach the floppy via the parallel port attachment. Alternatively, y

Re:Diskette

2001-05-05 Thread Remo Mattei
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 t