dd anyone?

[Mark Jarvis]

Robert N. Eaton wrote:
> 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 
						count=216?
> 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.
As I said, the copy of SBM I have is 108K. Floppies are written in 512 
Byte blocks. 108 x 1024 = 216 x 512. Writing only the 108K needed is a 
lot faster than writing the whole floppy.

Yes, Linux CAN seem cryptic & arcane to those who only know point & 
click. AFIK, ALL of the local community colleges offer classes in 
Unix/Linux--look for CIS126 at a school near you. I agree that man pages 
can be confusing--that's why I own and regularly use O'Reilly's "Linux 
in a Nutshell".

Mark Jarvis
> 
> Kenneth: You were absolutely right, my .iso was hosed. Wouldn't install, 
> even with the help of Smart Boot Manager. (Boo!)
Once again--are you SURE that you correctly copied an iso -->AS AN 
ISO<-- to the CD?

-mj-
> 
> Thanks guys.
> 
> Oh, well. Once more into the breech...
> 
> Bob Eaton
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