Chris Arnold wrote:

I am trying to follow http://en.opensuse.org/Install_on_PC_that_can%27t_boot_from_CD on how to install on a server that will not boot from CD. I am doing

Option 1. Boot from a floppy

One answer is to boot from a special floppy, that loads a Boot manager that then allows you to select the CD to boot. Follow these steps:

1. Download the floppy disk image http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/btmgr/sbminst of Smart Boot Manager http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/. 2. Write the image onto a floppy, as an image, use "rawwritewin" http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.2/dosutils/rawwritewin/ for windows, use "dd" command for *nix. The syntax for dd is dd if=image.file of=floppy.device (for example dd if=sbootmgr.dsk of=/dev/fd0). 3. Boot the target machine using the floppy and with the SUSE CD in the CD drive. 4. From the *Smart Boot Manager* menu select to boot from CDROM. 5. The computer continues to boot using the SUSE Linux CD.

This requires that the CD is visible to the system during boot.

On step 2, it says dd if=image.file of=floppy.device. The file is on my desktop and i have opened a terminal window and cd'd to the desktop. Here is the command i am using to copy the file to floppy: dd if=sbminst of=/dev/fd0 but it gives dd: opening `/dev/fd0': No such device or address

There is a fd0 in /dev and my fstab says /dev/fd0 /media/floppy but i still get this error. What should my command be to copy this file to the floppy?

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