Re: G3 installation problems

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamalprasad@verizon.net>]

    "bluesbravo" == bluesbravo  <bluesbravo@gmail.com> writes:

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

    bluesbravo> above is the instruction from the install manual; the
    bluesbravo> floppy drive on my fedora is /mnt/floppy, which i used
    bluesbravo> instead of /dev/fd0...however, that command didnt work
    bluesbravo> - the error message said 'floppy is a
    bluesbravo> directory'.....(please keep in mind that i am a linux
    bluesbravo> novice) 

/mnt/floppy *is* a directory  - it is where the floppy drive typically
gets mounted when you use it 'normally'.

You want to raw floppy *device*. This is almost certainly /dev/fd0 so
that is what you should use.

Cheers!
Shyamal