[Peeweelinux] how to creat a standalone image file on my HD

[Yuval Yohai]

Thanks, but that I know, the problem I need an image larger that a
floppy size.

Yuval

--- Troy Engel <tengel@fluid.com> wrote:
> Do it to an actual floppy, then use 'dd' to pull it off the floppy
> to a 
> file. Something like 'dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/var/tmp/floppy.img
> bs=2048' 
> should do the trick (check that for errors first).
> 
> -te
> 
> Yuval Yohai wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm trying to create an floppy image file on my HD and then send
> it
> > to a friend. But I am not able to it since the only options i see
> in
> > the pwlconfig is doing it into a partition or a device. I tried
> to
> > attach a loop device with no luck.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Yuval
> > 
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