smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace) writes:
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>don't forget you need to do dd bs=8192 if=Image of=/dev/PS0
>
>bs = bootsector and you need this for the kernel boot disk in order for
>it to work.  I don't no what will happen if you don't use the 'bs'
>option.

The bs option to dd specifies the number of bytes that it reads or
writes at a time.  bs=8192 means that it reads and writes 8 kB at a
time.  It has nothing to do with the boot sector.  The only thing that
will happen is that the copy _may_ work at a different speed.

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