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From: ws@tools.de (Wolfgang Solfrank)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Creating 386BSD bootable using a SUN
Date: 14 Nov 92 18:49:33
Organization: TooLs GmbH, Bonn, Germany
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Message-ID: <WS.92Nov14184933@kurt.tools.de>
References: <1992Nov11.162225.20510@sunova.ssc.gov>
	<1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch>
	<GDAY.92Nov13112228@ignatz.inde.bc.ca>
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In-reply-to: gday@ignatz.inde.bc.ca's message of Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:22:28 GMT

In article <GDAY.92Nov13112228@ignatz.inde.bc.ca> gday@ignatz.inde.bc.ca (Gordon Day) writes:

   Actually, you will _have_ to use the dd command (cp requires a file
   system :-).  Be prepared to wait quite a while, however (e.g. 3-5
   minutes). 

Why should you?

% cp dist.fs /dev/fd0

should work just fine (the time will be about 70 seconds).

It was one of the greatest things unix brought to us that
devices can be accessed just like any other file.
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ws@tools.de     (Wolfgang Solfrank, TooLs GmbH) +49-228-985800