There aren't very many gotchas, you can use dd to clone, to and from an image or the actual /dev/fd0u1722 (don't use fd0H1440 or fd0), and you can loop-mount it to edit just those files, then umount and dd to a device. It should all work as expected. -Tom
-- _____________________________________________________________________________ "If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention." - Mumia Abu-Jamal -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Out, out, brief candle!/ Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/ And then is heard no more; it is a tale/ Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing. - William Shakespeare -- _____________________________________________________________________________ The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth. - Janeane Garofalo -- _____________________________________________________________________________ On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, John Lumby wrote: > Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:47:30 -0400 > From: John Lumby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [tomsrtbt] want to make a new diskette same as previous except > different rc.custom.gz > > Forgive this stupid question. I have a tomsrtbt diskette that I have > built with various kernel and config changes. I use this diskette on my > laptop. Now I want to make a new one that is exactly the same EXCEPT for a > few changes in rc.custom. I don't want to update the existing one, I > want a new one. I know I can do the whole buildit process with a new > 1/rc.custom.gz, but that will create a whole new install image from what's > currently in my unpacked dir, and I am not 100% certain that I haven't > changed anything. (and don't want to change it back if I have). My > question is, is there some way I can clone the new diskette directly from > the old one, e.g. dd? and then update the rc.custom.gz. If so, would I > do it under regular linux or under the existing tomsrtbt? Are there any > gotchas? > > John > >
