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

[rtp <rtp@iaxs.net>]

Here's the latest:

*I downloaded the boot.img with Netscape useing the shift+click (if that file
isn't the binary, I am lost).
*dd if=/home/rtp/bootdisk/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=8k
*These steps were performed on the machine that I am building the disk for.
*Attempted to load the image from the disk with
"initrc.img......................boot failed"
*Confirmed the size of the downloaded boot.img file which is 1,474,560. Added the
size of all files on the new boot disk which totaled at 1,438,981. I guess that's
irrelevant.

If you guys have any other ideas I sure could use them and I appreciate the help.

rtp wrote:

> 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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