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From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
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Subject: cat vs. dd when making floppies
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    Is there any problem with using "cat cpio.flp > /dev/fd0a" to
create floppies from disk images, or is "dd" recommended?
-- 
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org