Re: looking for a command
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 01:58:23PM -0500, Harold Hartley wrote:
> Hi, I know I'm a newbie to all this and want to get started with linux
> other than my unix on sparc...
> But I downloaded the files I need to bootfloppy the system, but how do I
> copy each file to each floppy so I can do a bootfloppy...
> I thought I had the right command and read the man over and over, but
> can't find what I need...
>
The one that you want is dd.
The syntax is as follows
To write an image to a floppy:
dd if=imagefile of=/dev/fd0
To write a floppy to an image:
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=imagefile
That should do it for you.
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Jason Hansen jhansen@xmission.com
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