On Fri, 5 Sep 1997 05:33:42 +0200 (CEST), Remco Blaakmeer wrote: >On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Jimmy Lu wrote: > >> I use BOOT disk to boot up my system. Now I want to >> duplicate the BOOT disk as a backup but I am having >> problem. I tried to mount BOOT disk in fd0 but it won't >> mount. I use: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt >> or >> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt >> both cases won't work. >> Can someone tell me how to duplecate my BOOT disk? >> Thanks in advance. >> Jimmy > >Do (as some user that can write to /dev/fd0): > ><insert boot disk> >dd if=/dev/fd0 of=tempfile ><eject boot disk> ><insert empty but formatted disk> >dd if=tempfile of=/dev/fd0
That will make copy of the disk...to find out more about how the disk was made see syslinux in /usr/doc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/linux-router/ Linux Router Project -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
