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Re: rescue floppy



On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, fti International wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> My question is simple.  The size of the rescue floppy on debian web
> site, under the directory ..../...1.44/...., is 1.4mb.    But a floppy 
> labeled "1.44mb", once formatted by DOS or Windows, has only
> 1.38mb available.    How can a 1.4mb-size file fit into a 1.38mb-size
> floppy?     I think I need help on this.   
> 
> Cong Xing
> 
you copy the image to the floppy via dd.  (man dd)

dave


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