Amit Khandelwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i'm tryin gto install linux for teh first time and i have the image-ISO
> file stored on a CD-R that i burned. i tried to download the boot.img
> file to stick on a floppy disk, but the image file is 1.4MB and every
> disk that i have formatted and tried comes to 1.38MB--there is some
> whacked file that is taking up the space, but i can't delete it. i have
> tried 10 disks.. does anyone know how i can circumvent this problem. in
> addition, once/if i get the boot.img file, what do i do next?
>
strange, how do you put the boot.img on the floppy. you should do either:
dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 (linux)
or
rawrite boot.img (dos)
(i'm wondering if you're not trying to put the *file* on the floppy with some
mcopy boot.img a:)
