On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 03:47:09AM -0000, rocky wrote: > > I'm following Pocket Linux Guide from www.tldp.org. The 2nd chapter > 2.3.1 talks about prepare the book disk media. > > I got a blank floppy disk, inserted it in and did the following > $-----code1 begin---------$ > ronie:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k count=1440 > dd: writing `/dev/fd0': Input/output error > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.803137 seconds, 0.0 kB/s > $-----code1 end--------$
If you get an error in one command, don't expect sucess is later commands. '0+0 records out', 'Input/output error'. These things should tell you something. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]