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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!rock!concert!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!axion!micromuse!hilly!peter From: peter@micromuse.co.uk (Peter Galbavy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Creating 386BSD bootable using a SUN Message-ID: <peter.721994303@hilly> Date: 17 Nov 92 09:58:23 GMT References: <1992Nov11.162225.20510@sunova.ssc.gov> <1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch> <GDAY.92Nov13112228@ignatz.inde.bc.ca> Organization: MicroMuse Limited, London, England. Lines: 13 gday@ignatz.inde.bc.ca (Gordon Day) writes: >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). use dd if=dist.fs of=/dev/rfd0 bs=36k this screams along - about 45 seconds -- Peter Galbavy Tech Support, Micromuse Ltd Phone: +44 71 352 7774 E-Mail: P.Galbavy@micromuse.co.uk