try this # dd if=imagefile of=/dev/fd0
or whatever device your floppy is Jason > > Hello Zach, > > Have you used rawrite or dd? The disk-files are disk-images, this means, > they should be copied bit by bit to a disk, and not by some tools which > use the file-system, which is on the disk. > By writing the raw images, they should fit absolutely exactly on one disk. > Regards, > Daniel > > On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Zach Smith wrote: > > > Hello, > > I tried copying the Debian base disk files to > > actual floppy disks, and they are too large by > > about 30kB. I had to reformat my copy disks > > to use 81 tracks, which is risky. I am just now > > continuing this process, getting disk write errors... > > A better solution would be to recreate the files > > in the smaller size. > > Thanks > > Zach > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
