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how to duplicate a floppy (a lilo custom boot disk actually) ?



hellow all !

short question :

I have installed RH5.2  2 weeks ago, lilo didn't work, so I am loading
linux from
floppy (lilo custom boot disk), which is ok for the time being (although
somewhat slow) - when I have more time I will take care  of this
problem.

anyway, I'm afraid that something will go wrong with the floppy and than
I will not be able
to start linux - which is a problem because some of my stuff is already
there ...

MY QUESTION :

how can I take the lilo custom boot disk that I have and duplicate it ?

I HAVE TRIED THE FOLLOWING :

* I've tried 'cp /mnt/fd0  /some_tmp_dir'  and wanted to insert a floppy
and copy from the
  tmp_dir back to the floppy - however this does not work because
apparently my entire hd
  is mounted from somewhere within the floppy, so I'm actually copying
the entire hd which is
  no good..

* I've also tried to use the 'dd' command, which again is no good since
dd works on one file
   at a time and I want to move recursively what's on the floppy.

please help if you know something....
thanks allot,
gal.