From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 11 11:44:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA16757 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:44:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from jupiter.neptune.net (ns2.neptune.net [204.107.103.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA16749 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:44:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from doug@mailhost.neptune.net) Received: (from doug@localhost) by jupiter.neptune.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA18217 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:43:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:43:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199711111943.LAA18217@jupiter.neptune.net> From: Doug Jolley Subject: image file of a floppy To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have no trouble getting an image file of a floppy using: dd if=/dev/fd0 of=./image bs=18k I'm perplexed as to why I can't do it the other way around. That is, why can't I take an image file and put it on a floppy with: dd if=./image of=/dev/fd0 bs=18k Attempts to do that yield all sorts of bizaar results up to and including a panic re-boot. Any comments are appreciated. ... doug _____________________________________________________________________ Doug Jolley mailto://doug@bigwheel.net http://www.bigwheel.net Don't bogart that file, my friend. Net it over to me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------