From: deitsch@sol.crd.ge.com (Andy Deitsch) Subject: Re: Can I use dd on my UNIX system instead of Rawrite? Date: 20 Aug 1992 18:03:17 GMT
smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace) writes:
: >>Or use dd(1)? I'm pretty sure this would accomplish the same thing as
: >>rawrite under DOS. Has someone tried this?
: >
: >dd will work too, but cp is easier...
: >
: 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.
I have used dd without the 'bs' with no problem.
Including the kernel boot disk.
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