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From: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: [Q] How do you make .FS files?
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Date: 21 Apr 93 11:58:07 GMT
References: <1993Apr21.073110.359@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov>
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I would use dd to do it. Copy from the file, to the raw floppy device,
with 512 byte block size and suitable block count (not essential but helps
in understanding what yu are doing).

Bob

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