Hallo,
# dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/boot.disk bs=512 --> to put the floppy
image in a temp file
# dd if=/tmp/boot.disk of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync --> to put the image
on another diskette
-alexm
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Kathy Bilton wrote:
> I use a boot floppy to start Linux, but would like to make a copy of it in
> case something happens to it. Is it possible to do this? If so, how? I
> tried copying the files onto a couple of new floppies, but neither worked.
>
> I believe I tried formatting the first and then copying the files I had
> found on the bootdisk onto it. It did not work. I got some error message
> when I tried it. (I think it said something like no file system on it or
> files not recognized or something similar.)
>
> Then I tried formatting another and also putting an ext2 filesystem on it,
> and then the files. With that one, the disk was ignored altogether and
> the system went right through to Win95 even though the floppy was in the
> drive.
>
> I know there's a long, complicated how-to for making a bootdisk, but
> since I already have one it seemed I should be able to make a copy of it,
> and I have found no info on this.
>
> I briefly used Rehat 5.1 and with tha,t there was a mkbootdisk command, so
> I imagine one option would be to try to get the mkbootdisk rpm and the
> things needed with it (mkinitrd I believe is one) and then make one that
> way. It seems like something that would have been included with the SuSE
> distribution if it would also work with SuSE - but- being a clueless
> newbie...I don't know.
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