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- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: How to put new Image on boot disk (?)
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- References: <1992Dec19.004941.25642@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
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- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 07:15:41 GMT
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- Scott W. Adkins (sadkins@bigbird.cs.ohiou.edu) wrote:
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- : Yeah, but something like "dd -if=Image -of=/dev/fd0" is probably the best
- : way to do that. After all, that is what the "disk dumper (dd)" is used for.
-
- Actually, it's "dd if=Image of=/dev/fd0". And, it's *not* "disk dumper".
- According to the manpage for dd(1), it's "dd - convert and copy a file".
- dd does *much* more than just copy files. In unix, as in life, there are
- several ways to do the same thing - and one way isn't necessarily better
- than another. "cat Image > /dev/fd0", "cp Image /dev/fd0", and dd all do
- the same thing. One may be more "effieient" than another, but when you're
- dealing with a floppy, I don't think you'll see much difference.
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