Hi.
I've been trying to install RHEL 3 on an IBM x346. I needed an img file to load at install time for my Adaptec hostraid controller. The file is present at the IBM site, but the size is greater than 1.44 MB. The size is 1.47 MB and cannot fit into a floppy (which I would put into the drive for the "linux dd" comand to work.) Has anyone else encountered this problem, as I see that lots of img files are greater than 1.44 MB?
Regards, NMK.
Nadeem M. Khan wrote:
The size is 1.47 MB and cannot fit into a floppy (which I would put into the drive for the "linux dd" comand to work.)
Did you try it out and encountered errors? If not take a blind shot and try it out, it may just work.
Regards,
Rony.
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Nadeem,
Nadeem M. Khan wrote:
The size is 1.47 MB and cannot fit into a floppy (which I would put into the drive for the "linux dd" comand to work.)
Did you try it out and encountered errors? If not take a blind shot and try it out, it may just work.
I guess Rony is right, you can take a blind shot and it may just work, in case it doesnt, you can format your 1.44MB floppies upto 1.7MB did you know that ?
man fdformat and you shall know how.
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On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 11:11 +0530, Nadeem M. Khan wrote:
present at the IBM site, but the size is greater than 1.44 MB. The size is 1.47 MB and cannot fit into a floppy (which I would put into the
1.47 should fit. A lot of the images for boot floppies are that size.
use the documented procedure to copy it.
Hint: It usually might involve the "dd" command.
regards Erle
On Thursday 06 April 2006 11:11 am, Nadeem M. Khan wrote:
Hi.
I've been trying to install RHEL 3 on an IBM x346. I needed an img file to load at install time for my Adaptec hostraid controller. The file is present at the IBM site, but the size is greater than 1.44 MB. The size is 1.47 MB and cannot fit into a floppy (which I would put into the drive for the "linux dd" comand to work.) Has anyone else encountered this problem, as I see that lots of img files are greater than 1.44 MB?
if the sector size is set larger than the usual 1KB then you can cram more sectors. Under linux 2.88, 3.2,3.52 and 3.84 MB. M$ can read 2.88 (afaik). Only linux can read all the others. Considering that one can barely read 1.44, someone must have had lotsa time trying to read 3.84MB floppies. Info fdutils should provide useful info.
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