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- From: smp@myamig2.myamiga.mixcom.com (Steve Palm)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Can I use dd on my UNIX system instead of Rawrite?
- Message-ID: <92081825@myamig2.myamiga.mixcom.com>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 15:28:22 GMT
- Article-I.D.: myamig2.92081825
- References: <1992Aug12.053539.14825@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace) writes:
- : >>Or use dd(1)? I'm pretty sure this would accomplish the same thing as
- : >>rawrite under DOS. Has someone tried this?
- : >
- : >dd will work too, but cp is easier...
- : >
- : don't forget you need to do dd bs=8192 if=Image of=/dev/PS0
- :
- : bs = bootsector and you need this for the kernel boot disk in order for
- : it to work. I don't no what will happen if you don't use the 'bs'
- : option.
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- I believe bs is buffer size. It's set to 8K to increase throughput with
- the floppy device.
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- Steven M. Palm
- smp@myamiga.mixcom.com or smp@myamig2.myamiga.mixcom.com (LINUX SITE)
- Milwaukee, WI
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