Hi > [huge snip] > > > > > I would think cat /dev/fd0 > /dev/hda should work > > Why are you using hdb? > > i have the *.zdsk on an existing primary. so i connect the new hardisk > to an IDE cable, boot the pc, and detect the first hard disk with RH8 et > al on hda, and the new hardisk on hdb. > > > Is the drive you're trying to boot primary master? > once i'm done i reset the jumper settings and connect it to the > workstation as a primary master. > > > Not secondary slave or something like that? > > Most bios boot from MBR on primary master. > > Just a thought.
> I'd use "dd" btw., like this > dd if=/yaddayadda/etherboot.zdsk of=/dev/hdb bs=1024 > which gives you one more chance that it's just cat that doesn't like > device inodes (instead of regular files). Just a wild guess. This worked for me: cp blah.zdsk /dev/hda As already said any other disk depends on your bios/hardware James ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
