Re: how to write a floppy using dd?

To: jlarkin@aij.st.hmc.edu (John T. Larkin)
Cc: carlos@snfep1.if.usp.br (Carlos Carvalho), debian-user@Pixar.com, bruce@Pixar.com
Subject: Re: how to write a floppy using dd?
From: Bruce Perens <bruce@Pixar.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 01:10:37 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] m0t9SpB-000E8SC@mongo.pixar.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 29 Oct 1995 00:41:24 PDT." <[🔎] m0t9SMy-0005f7C@aij.st.hmc.edu>

I've been bit once or twice by bad floppy writes. Try running "sync" before
removing the disk from the drive, just to be sure all I/O buffers are flushed
to the disk.

	Bruce

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