On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 07:53:11PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote:
>
> 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
>
> And again with "cmp root.bin /dev/fd0":
>
> cmp: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
>
> This is using a standard 1.44 floppy drive that came with my system. It
> has worked fine for as long as I've had the machine. By the way, I also
> tried several different disks, all with the same results as above.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> MG
/dev/fd0 is a catch-all device for all different drive formats. Try using
/dev/fd0u1440 and see what the results are.
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