To those of you who replied:
Alan Dayley: I keep forgetting 1k actually means 1024. I had tried
(among others) dd if=/home/bob/My_Documents/SBM/sbm.bin of=/mnt/floppy0
bs=1440k. This, of course, didn't work. When I tried ... of=/dev/fd0
bs=1440k, that didn't work either.
Darrin Chandler: Using ... of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 worked, producing a
bootable floppy of Smart Boot Manager. (Yay!)
Mark Davis: Didn't use ... of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=256 as the above
suggestion worked. What does count=256 accomplish? I don't speak manpage
very well, and I have yet to take advanced courses in either cryptic or
arcane. Thanks for the reference to Schroder's "A Linux Cookbook."
"Running Linux, 3rd Edition" has a copyright date of 1999; ancient
history in this fast moving field.
Kenneth: You were absolutely right, my .iso was hosed. Wouldn't install,
even with the help of Smart Boot Manager. (Boo!)
Thanks guys.
Oh, well. Once more into the breech...
Bob Eaton
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