[pocket-linux] Copy Pocket Linux disks to floppy

[David Horton]

James Maki wrote:
> In my previous post I was looking for help with chapter 3. In an effort to
> move forward while pondering that problem, I downloaded the sample
> ch3-rootdisk.image.gz file. The instructions simply say to us "dd" to copy
> to a floppy. Could someone help this poor newbie with the exact command
> syntax as I have not been able to get it to work. I always end up with a
> non-readable floppy disk and "frozen" floppy in /mnt that will not umount.
> Thanks
> 
> Jim Maki
> jwmaki at att.net
> 

When doing 'dd', do not mount the diskette.  Just do 'dd 
if=ch3-rootdisk.image.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k'  You really don't have to do 
the bs=1k, but it makes the output more friendly when it's in kB instead 
of 512B blocks.