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Re: creating another lilo floppy disk
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>Pretty simple:
>
>1. Login as a root
>2. goto /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot
>3. type: dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0
>
>fd0 is your A: drive
>
>Be sure your floppy is formatted first.
Why exactly would he have to make sure that it is formatted, and what
format to prefer ? ;) msdos ? vfat ? ext2 ? minix ? ;) ;)
Hetz, please check your information before posting.
There is NO need for a formatted floppy for this, however the diskette
must be fault-free, and one way to make sure of that, is to format it with
the -c flag, as this will show any bad sectors. Incidentally,
pre-formatted floppies have 'hard' written 1st sectors that are hard to
erase in normal drives sometimes and may give errors. 'Cheap' ones are
better for this imho.
hope this helps,
Peter