[5969] in RedHat Linux List
Re: BOOT Disks on 5.25"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Molina)
Mon Nov 25 08:16:09 1996
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 07:14:26 -0600
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From: Thomas Molina <tmolina@probe.net>
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At 09:25 AM 11/25/96 +0000, you wrote:
>At 10:30 24/11/96 -0500, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:
>
>>> I am trying to create a set of boot disks for a machine which only has a
>>> 1.2Mb 5.25" drive.
>>>=20
>>> However, the machine that I am creating the disks on has its 5.25" drive
>>> setup as /dev/fd1. How can I create these boot disks using lilo with=
this
>>> setup without having to reconfigure the 5.25" drive to /dev/fd0 ?????
>>Don't know how things are in the good ole uk, but these days here, one can
>>buy a 1.44 3.5" floppy drive for < US $30. =20
>>
>> Why not save your time and aggravation and get one?
>>
>>-sen
>
>Because my BIOS won't support one, and if there is a way to do this then I
>save =A315.=20
Try this:
fdformat /dev/fd1H1440
On the machine you are creating the boot disks that should format the 5.25
inch floppy to a size of 1440. Make sure you run a bulk eraser over the
disk before you do this to erase any track markings already on the disk. =20
Then mount /dev/fd1H1440 and dd the boot image to the disk. This SHOULD
allow you to boot on the other machine using this disk. I can confirm that
the format and file write will work, but I don't know if a machine will boot
using this process as reconfiguring the machine for such a process is a
pain. Hope this helps!
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