[techtalk] linux 6.1 install

Kir Kolyshkin kir at sgp.sever.ru
Fri Oct 29 09:41:54 EST 1999


Laurel Fan wrote:

> Excerpts from linuxchix: 29-Oct-99 Re: [techtalk] linux 6.1 in.. by Kir
> Kolyshkin at sgp.sever.
> > 2. Mount CD-ROM, cd to its "images" directory (on my machine I type "mount
> > /mnt/cdrom; cd /mnt/cdrom/images") and do
> >
> >   cp boot.img /dev/fd0
> >
> > This command will create boot disk for you.
>
> Are you sure this will work?  If you aren't, I don't recommend trying it
> as root unless you wouldn't mind fixing /dev [0].  Try

Oops...I really need some coffee badly.... I meant cat boot.img > /dev/fd0
Really sorry

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