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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!bradford.ac.uk!T.D.G.Sandford From: T.D.G.Sandford@bradford.ac.uk (TDG SANDFORD) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Creating 386BSD bootable using a SUN Message-ID: <1992Nov14.130426.25952@bradford.ac.uk> Date: 14 Nov 92 13:04:26 GMT References: <1992Nov11.162225.20510@sunova.ssc.gov> <1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch> <GDAY.92Nov13112228@ignatz.inde.bc.ca> Organization: University of Bradford, UK Lines: 27 Originator: 90908106@muser Nntp-Posting-Host: muser In article <GDAY.92Nov13112228@ignatz.inde.bc.ca> gday@ignatz.inde.bc.ca (Gordon Day) writes: >> % rich@catalpa.ssc.gov (Rich Verdier CAD) writes: >> % >> % I am trying to create the Tiny 386BSD bootable floppy after down >> % loading the dist.fs file to my SUN. >> % >> % What is the approach now to create the floppy, the >> % existing FAQ that Ihave acquired is unclear and the INSTALL.NOTES >> % doesn't have pertinent info. >> Someone else (?) suggested: >> Just use "cp" to write the file to the floppy device /dev/fd0. >> If that fails, try "dd if=dist.fs of=/dev/fd0". >> That's about it. > >Actually, you will _have_ to use the dd command (cp requires a file >system :-). Be prepared to wait quite a while, however (e.g. 3-5 >minutes). > The dd command works MUCH faster if you use the bs argument: dd if=dist.fs of=/dev/fd0c bs=9k See dd man page for details. -- Thomas Sandford | t.d.g.sandford@bradford.ac.uk