Re: /dev/fd0: Input/output error (making base disks)

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net>]

	Subject: /dev/fd0: Input/output error (making base disks)
	Date: Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 07:53:11PM -0600

In reply to:Matt Garman

Quoting Matt Garman(garman@netins.net):
>| 
>| Hello:
>| 
>| I'm trying to make the "base" disks to do a potato install.
>| 
>| When I do a "dd if=root.bin of=/dev/fd0," I get the following:
>| 
>| dd: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
>| 1113+0 records in
>| 1112+0 records out
>| 
Try this  
  dd if=./root.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync
	
(this assumes you are in the dir containing root.bin, of course)

and if it doesn't work, reformat the floppy with 
superformat /dev/fd0u1440 
and the above dd line again

HTH
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