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- From: frank@cs.yorku.ca (Frank Pikelner)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: how to put bootimage on hd? (faq?)
- Message-ID: <1410@yetti.UUCP>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 13:30:07 GMT
- References: <6965A0Q@mailgzrz.tu-berlin.de> <1992Aug20.194255.4847@unislc.uucp>
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- In article <1992Aug20.194255.4847@unislc.uucp>, erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
- |> 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).
- |>
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- Is the command not something like:
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- dd if=/dev/floppy0 of=/vmlinux count=230 (or is it 2x230=460?)
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- I'll be doing this in the next couple of days so maybe someone can correct/verify
- the above.
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- |> 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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