[ale] creating a 1.2 5.25" boot disk

[Gary Maltzen]

Are you trying to DD a 1.44 image onto a 1.2 floppy? That won't work because
the 1.44 has 18 sectors per track whereas the 1.2 only has 15 sectors per
track.

You might try starting with a boot disk from either
  LOAF (http://www.ecks.org/loaf) or
  Pocket Linux (http://pocket-linux.coven.vmh.net/index.html.en)
as both appear to fit on a 1.2.

Hmm, I'll see if I can figure out how to build a 1.2 boot image tonight (by
mis-formatting a 1.44, probably).

-----Original Message-----
 From: Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>


I'm trying to install RH 5.2 on a machine I'm putting together from bits
and pieces.  Right now, all I've got is a 5.25" 1.2 floppy drive.  I've
tried to dd the RH 5.2 install disk to a 1.2 and tried using rawrite to
create a boot disk.  No luck.  If I've missed the docs for this, a
pointer in the right direction would be appreciated.