RE: [Sheflug] couple of things

["Paul Sims" <nospam [at] lombard.co.uk>]

to copy a disk in linux use dd -
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/bootdisk.img
dd if=/tmp/bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0

where /tmp is just a holder for the image of the disk you are copying
if = input file (all devices are files under unix)
of = output file

so what you are doing is copying the first disk and creating a bit-by-bit 
image of it, storing it temporarily on the hdd and then doing the reverse, 
copying the image file out to another floppy.

You can do the same with the bootdisk images on the CD -
dd if =/mnt/cdrom/images/bootdisk.img (or whatever it's called) of=/dev/fd0


On Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:11 PM, Peter Smith 
[SMTP:pjsmith [at] zetnet.co.uk] wrote:
> I now have my super new box set up. Just stuck a newer m/board under the 
old
> one really :)
> Now have " boot from cd/+ m/board has a scsi adaptec built in, a bit 
faster
> than my old one to I think, but that could be imagination.
> So on to todays problems,oops sorry "evenin all". I have Mandrake 7 set 
up
> set it up to use a boot disk as I have had probs while getting to grips 
with
> linux installation before & always seemed to blow away my Win partition 
too
> if I tried to put lilo in mbr, Anyroad the thing is either I used a duff
> disk when setting up or it is dying. But whichever it takes about 5 
minutes
> to boot linux, so I need a new one. I have tried simply copying it but 
Limux
> nor win & not even my trusty old atari will even read the boot disk let
> alone copy it.
> I have spent 2 nights trying to find docs in mandrake about making a boot
> disk but to no avail. Can you help.
> Other problem.
> I am trying to get to grips with installing software,practising on the 
linux
> format disk, Using rpmdrake I can find and install the rpms but where 
does
> linux put em ?
> I have used "find" & still can't figure out how to run the programs. I 
would
> like for instance to make a link from "downloader" to the desktop & run 
from
> there.
> Thats enough to keep me busy for the weekend I think,
> Thanks all
> Pete
>
>
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