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- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: how to put bootimage on hd? (faq?)
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.194255.4847@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:42:55 GMT
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- Olaf Schreck (olafabbe@w251zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de) wrote:
-
- : how do i put the BOOTimage onto my hd? i did this once, worked fine, but
- : can't remember where i read about this. must have been something with dd.
- : i tried "dd if=/dev/floppy0 /vmlinux" but this gave me a 1.4 MB file
- : (the whole floppy disk instead of ~ 230k bootimage file).
-
- If you have the source, recompile, then cp /usr/src/linux/Image.
-
- In the Makefile, there is a dd command associated with the target "make disk" -
- reverse the if= and of= and it should work, also.
- --
- 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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