\begin{Terry Collins}
> Does anyone know what the error that sort of read
> error not sun disk label" means.
> We have the debian 2.2.2 rescue bin on a floppy using
> dd if=rescue.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 conv=sync; sync
> and are getting an error message about the floppy not having a sun disk
> label.
> There is nothing in the installation notes other than the dd command.
sounds like its trying to boot the floppy as a hard drive..
how did you tell it to boot from the floppy?
(i just had to do: "boot floppy" - it was really tricky)
> I'd also appreciate it if someone can tell me how I can get dd to stop
> the speaker squarking - the first dd switch the speaker on. It is also
> flashing lights on the front panel, but I can ignore those.
that sounds .. healthy.
this is a dd process on your i386 or from another sparc?
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