[TriLUG] dd floppy image issue

[Paul D. Boyle]

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, 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. 

I don't know if this is necessary, but when I first started using Linux
in prehistoric times, one needed to use the 'rdev' command to get a
kernel to boot.

After dd'ing your image, try running

rdev -R /dev/fd0 1

and see if that boots.  Check the 'rdev' man page.

Paul

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