[TriLUG] dd floppy image issue - solved

[Craig]

3! 'sloppy flopies' in a row, led me to believe the issue was else where, but 
I finally managed to write, read and boot from a good image.

cheers, Craig
 
On Friday 10 May 2002 10:54 am, you wrote:
> Craig wrote:
> > I am trying to create a RH7.3 boot disk from the images on the cdrom
> > using the following syntax:
> >
> > dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
> >
> > When I run this it seems to write to the floppy, but when I try and read
> > the floppy,
>
> Basic sanity check - sorry just following the flowchart...;)
> - Did you mount the floppy before attempting to read it?
>
> > I see nothing and the floppy does not boot.  The system I am using to
> > create the disk is a Dell laptop running Mandrake 8.2.
> >
> > Any thoughts on why this does not work?
>
> Bad media?
> - Did you try another floppy?
>
> Bad fd0?
> - Can you try another system's floppy drive?
>
> Bad installee-system fd0?
> - Can you read the floppy on a known good system?
>
> I've run into all at various times. :(
>
> F.
>
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