dd anyone?

[Darrin Chandler]

See Alan's message, and if that doesn't work for some reason you might 
try it with parameter "bs=512" instead of "bs=1440k"

Robert N. Eaton wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Trying to install Kubuntu (because I get along better with KDE than 
> Gnome), I have run into a frustrating problem. I downloaded and burned 
> the .iso file, but the cdrom would not boot.  I checked the BIOS to 
> make sure that it could boot from a cdrom (seemingly no problem.)
>
> In the information in the .iso file the Smart Boot Manager was 
> described as a way out of this dilemma.  I quote: "Then, instead of 
> booting on the CD directly, you can create a Smart Boot Manager floppy 
> image by using the sbm.bin disk image.  You can create this floppy 
> with rawrite (under DOS) or with dd (under Linux)." This seemed like a 
> good idea, so I tried, and tried, and tried.
>
> I've read man dd over and over, for all the good it's done me (Man, 
> this does not compute.)(Sorry, couldn't resist.) The problem stems 
> from the fact that sbm.bin is 1474560 bytes, a litle much for a 1.44 
> meg floppy--thus dd.
>
> I really don't understand how to use dd in this (or any other) case.
>
> Help.
>
> Bob Eaton
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