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- Path: sparky!uunet!unislc!erc
- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: formatting
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- References: <1992Aug12.132801.6164@infonode.ingr.com>
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.171504.29633@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:15:04 GMT
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- Robert Tracy (tracy@bluenote.b23b.ingr.com) wrote:
-
- : In article <1992Aug12.015419.2738@athena.mit.edu>, hammond@kwhpc.caseng.com (Kevin W. Hammond) writes:
-
- : |> How will this be accomplished under Linux? The 0.97 README states that a
- : |> formatted floppy is needed. What program should be used to format the disk?
-
- : With Linux, if you have a bootimage file which you want to put on a
- : floppy, the floppy doesn't need to be formatted. You can simply
- : execute the command:
- :
- : $ cat bootimage > /dev/PS0
-
- Huh? <disbelieving stare> Where did *you* learn your CS?? :)
-
- Yes, the floppy needs to be formatted, so the diskette knows where to put
- things. It doesn't need to be formatted with FORMAT, just formatted.
- --
- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 801/538-0177
- "This is the final task I will ever give you, and it goes on forever. Act
- happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
- and do what you will." -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
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