If you do it that way, remember your tar file will be at /dev/fd0. For a tarball, best to use the DOS copy command: copy ... a: I don't know what the filename might look like in the DOS 8.3 format! On Monday 09 September 2002 18:48, Boris Daix wrote: > > It is my understanding that, though it is preferable to do floppy > > images from linux, it is still possible to use the rawrite DOS program > > for this. Can you also copy a tar.gz file from your DOS directory onto > > a floppy? > > > > I think rawrite doesn't care about the file length you want to write > to the floppy disk (until it's not too big) : so it should work fine. > -- Cheers John. Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list