dd if=* of=/dev/fd0 freezing my computer.

[Tom 'Needs A Hat' Mitchell]

On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 02:46:36PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:

> >dd is crashing my computer. I'm trying to write floppy disk boot images, 
> >with
> >
> >dd if=whatever.img of=/dev/fd0

> >Any ideas?


> Try specifying the block size.  You can try:
> 
> 	dd if=/some/image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k (all at once)
> 	dd if=/some/image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k (should get 1440 writes)
> 
> You get the idea.  I'd try the second one and see where it poops out.

If the above does not work...
Check the obvious, do:
   "stat /dev/fd0"  and "ls -l /dev/fd0"
   "stat /some/image  and "ls -l /some/image"

Also 
	dd if=/some/image of=/dev/null


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