On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 08:02:34PM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I created a boot floppy during my kernel upgrade, but I would like to > create another copy-backup in case a problem occurs with my only boot > floppy. I am not sure how to do it, I read that: > > %%%%%%%% > 5.5.4.1 Writing Disk Images From a Linux or Unix System > To write the floppy disk image files to the floppy disks, you will > probably need root access to the system. Place a good, blank > floppy in the floppy drive. Next, use the command > > dd if=file of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync > %%%%%%%%%% > > But is not enough yet, since it is not clear how I put the contents of > the boot floppy into "file". > Thanks in advance,
[ with floppy to copy in the drive ] dd if=/dev/fd0 of-file bs=512 [ with target floppy in drive ] dd if=file of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync -- Nathan Norman "Eschew Obfuscation" Network Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 http://home.midco.net/~nnorman/ Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7
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