In article <1992Aug12.015419.2738@athena.mit.edu>, hammond@kwhpc.caseng.com (Kevin W. Hammond) writes:
|> I'm about to install my first kernel since I converted from DOS to Linux 0.96.
|> Under DOS, I remember using rawrite to place the boot image on the floppy.
|> How will this be accomplished under Linux?  The 0.97 README states that a
|> formatted floppy is needed.  What program should be used to format the disk?

With Linux, if you have a bootimage file which you want to put on a
floppy, the floppy doesn't need to be formatted.  You can simply
execute the command:

$ cat bootimage > /dev/PS0

Substitute whatever device is appropriate for your floppy drive.


If you want to format a DOS diskette, I believe that you use the
mtools command:

$ mkdfs -f a: (b:)

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