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From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux
Date: 24 May 96 20:11:57 GMT
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Caldera Desktop User <ytlin@nd1.tahsing.com.tw> writes:

>Terry Lambert wrote:

>> 
>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-960501-SNAP/floppies/boot.flp
>> 

>Does anyone knows how to create a floppy out of this boot.flp file?
>I have Linux running here.

Use the dd utility, e.g. `dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0`

Under MS-DOS, OS/2, etc, use the RAWRITE.EXE utility.

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Kaleb KEITHLEY