The FAQ looks good. Let me try and help fill in the command syntax for the dd command; this is where you said you didn't know the form. dd if=bare.i of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k Press return. For the root disk the command is similar: dd if=color.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k Press return. Note that you have to be logged on as root to do this and /dev/fd0 equates to drive A: in DOS/windows. /dev/fd1 would equate to drive B:.