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Re: G3 installation problems



i downloaded the sarge files and the boot.img and the root.img.  i read
the instructions on making the floppies, but i have hit a wall.  on my
only other computer, i have a dual-booting XP and fedora.  i cannot
figure out a way to get into DOS (f8 doesnt work), so i tried to copy
the floppies using fedora.

dd if=file of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 conv=sync ; sync

above is the instruction from the install manual;  the floppy drive on
my fedora is /mnt/floppy, which i used instead of /dev/fd0...however,
that command didnt work - the error message said 'floppy is a
directory'.....(please keep in mind that i am a linux novice) ithen
tried the 'cp' command, and the file was shown on the floppy, but i am
sure it didnt do a 'raw' write like it should have... can anyone help
me out?? Thank You



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