On Sat, 5 May 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> On Sat, 5 May 2001, Remo Mattei wrote:
>
> > Hi guys any suggestion on how to make an install diskette from RH cd. In
> > caldera I would use the dd if=install.144 of=/dev/fd0
> >
> > but I could not find the install..144 I have tried the boot.img but
> > I cannot boot same result with the oldcdrom.img
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Remo
> >
> boot.img or bootnet.img should work. If you used dd with boot.img
> instead of install.144 and it would not boot, the first thing I would
> try is using a different floppy. If the one you used has any bad
> sectors, you will run into problems. This is because dd or rawrite does
> not check the floppy for bad sectors. When using floppies that have
> been sitting around for a while, I sometimes have to try 3 or 4 before
> getting a good one.
>
> You should also check to see if the image you downloaded is correct.
> I have downloaded a bad image a time of two...
>
> Mikkel
>
I forgot to add - you can check the boot.img file by mounting it.
mount -o loop boot.img <mount point>
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