In article <1992Aug20.194255.4847@unislc.uucp>, erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
|> Olaf Schreck (olafabbe@w251zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de) wrote:
|> 
|> : how do i put the BOOTimage onto my hd? i did this once, worked fine, but
|> : can't remember where i read about this. must have been something with dd.
|> : i tried "dd if=/dev/floppy0 /vmlinux" but this gave me a 1.4 MB file
|> : (the whole floppy disk instead of ~ 230k bootimage file).
|>

Is the command not something like:

 dd if=/dev/floppy0 of=/vmlinux count=230       (or is it 2x230=460?)

I'll be doing this in the next couple of days so maybe someone can correct/verify
the above.

|> If you have the source, recompile, then cp /usr/src/linux/Image.
|> 
|> In the Makefile, there is a dd command associated with the target "make disk" -
|> reverse the if= and of= and it should work, also.
|> -- 
|> Ed Carp, N7EKG     erc@apple.com                801/538-0177
|> "This is the final task I will ever give you, and it  goes  on  forever.   Act
|> happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
|> and do what you will."           -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"

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