On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 07:53:11PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote: > > Hello: > > I'm trying to make the "base" disks to do a potato install. > > When I do a "dd if=root.bin of=/dev/fd0," I get the following: > > dd: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > 1113+0 records in > 1112+0 records out > > And again with "cmp root.bin /dev/fd0": > > cmp: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > > This is using a standard 1.44 floppy drive that came with my system. It > has worked fine for as long as I've had the machine. By the way, I also > tried several different disks, all with the same results as above. > > Any thoughts? > > MG
/dev/fd0 is a catch-all device for all different drive formats. Try using
/dev/fd0u1440 and see what the results are.
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