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Re: G3 installation problems



On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 01:21:42AM -0800, bluesbravo@gmail.com wrote:
> 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...

Don't. Do use /dev/fd0. 

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