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From: peter@micromuse.co.uk (Peter Galbavy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Creating 386BSD bootable using a SUN
Message-ID: <peter.721994303@hilly>
Date: 17 Nov 92 09:58:23 GMT
References: <1992Nov11.162225.20510@sunova.ssc.gov> 	<1992Nov13.073633.8338@autelca.ascom.ch> <GDAY.92Nov13112228@ignatz.inde.bc.ca>
Organization: MicroMuse Limited, London, England.
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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). 

use dd if=dist.fs of=/dev/rfd0 bs=36k

this screams along - about 45 seconds
-- 
Peter Galbavy
Tech Support, Micromuse Ltd
Phone: +44 71 352 7774		E-Mail: P.Galbavy@micromuse.co.uk