Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 30 May 1996 13:17:52 -0400 (EDT) | From | DUPRE Christophe <> | Subject | Re: 1.99.8: documentation for making boot floppy |
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On Wed, 29 May 1996, Nelson Minar wrote:
> The README in /usr/src/linux for 1.99.8 suggests this command to make > a bootable floppy with a Linux kernel: > > cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0 > > that hasn't worked for me since sometime around 1.3.60. The command > from the arch/i386/boot Makefile does work, I recommend putting it in > the README instead (or figure out why the plain cp doesn't work) > > dd bs=8192 if=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage of=/dev/fd0
What kind of drive do you have ? I've been using the 'cat' command to create my boot disks since 1.1.59 without any problem whatsoever..
I have a 1.44 Fujitsu drive connected to my Adaptec 1542C...
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