Re: [TCLUG:3207] boot.img on floppy Help Please

[rtp <rtp@iaxs.net>]

You're correct and "bs" is the command I used. I'll try the 8k recommendation
and I'll be sure to build them on the machine that they're being used on as
recomended by Mark Bentley. I'll also confirm the 1,474,560 byte size.

Thanks for the help!

Carl Patten wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rtp@daddy.static.iaxs.net [mailto:rtp@daddy.static.iaxs.net]On
> >
> > dd if=/home/rtp/bootdisk/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 sb=8192
> > dd if=/home/rtp/bootdisk/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 sb=1440        <--I think
> > that's the number HELP
>
> Excuse me for being a little grouchy here, but it's important to include the
> actual command line you used.  "sb" is not a dd option.  "bs", however, is.
>
> "bs" stands for "block size."  It's optional, but 8k is a pretty good
> default.  So you'd use the following command:
>
> dd if=/home/rtp/bootdisk/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=8k
>
> You can also check the sizes of your boot.img and supp.img files.  They
> should both be exactly 1,474,560 bytes.  Be sure you downloaded them in
> binary format.
>
> --
> Carl Patten
> Systems Administrator
> Trimodal Inc.
>
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