On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 09:16:44PM -0700, Yuko Jonah wrote:
i forgot after installing the suse 7.1 to dual boot with window nt4.0 i made one boot floppy during the installation, now i want to duplicate the floppy just in case it goes bad, how do i do this, pls step by step as i am learning this.
Probably the best way to do this is with the Unix command "dd". It makes an exact image of the disk that you can then put onto another floppy. So under linux: 1) Insert your boot floppy. Do not mount it or anything. 2) Run the command dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/bootdisk.img bs=16k conv=sync 3) When this is done, remove the boot floppy and put in your backup floppy. Don't worry about formatting it or anything. 4) Run the command dd if=/tmp/bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=16k conv=sync 5) Boot using your new backup floppy to make sure it works. -tara