The obs is for output block size, you can also specify ibs for input or
just bs and this will set both. I prefer the following to create 1.44
floppy boot images.
dd if=boot.img bs=1440k of=/dev/fd0
Jonathan Sprague wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > (seeing that my first message apparently did not go through, i'm sending it
> > again.)
> >
> > In a message dated 1/18/99 8:13:44 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > writes:
> >
> > > Is there a rawrite command for linux....i need to make a bootdisks for
> > > my other machine and i have the image.
> >
> > I'm not quite sure, but I think it's something like this:
> >
> > dd if=FILE.EXT of=/dev/rfd0 obs=18k
>
> make that;
>
> dd if=FILE.EXT of=/dev/fd0 (for floppy a:)
>
> (don't know what the obs=18k means but I just made disks for a TurboLinux
> install this way)
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