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what is dd? i googled and not sure i found the right thing...
The man pages for dd wrote:NAME
dd - convert and copy a file
SYNOPSIS
dd [OPERAND]...
dd OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the operands.
bs=BYTES
force ibs=BYTES and obs=BYTES
cbs=BYTES
convert BYTES bytes at a time
conv=CONVS
convert the file as per the comma separated symbol list
count=BLOCKS
copy only BLOCKS input blocks
ibs=BYTES
read BYTES bytes at a time
if=FILE
read from FILE instead of stdin
iflag=FLAGS
read as per the comma separated symbol list
obs=BYTES
write BYTES bytes at a time
of=FILE
write to FILE instead of stdout
oflag=FLAGS
write as per the comma separated symbol list
seek=BLOCKS
skip BLOCKS obs-sized blocks at start of output
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i know how to edit the boot.ini, i had to rebuild it because of corruption once. But how would i go about writing my part with my kernel?
Or you could use Cygwin... or use the built in Windows ability to do it... or use a Windows Equivalent (at least for this operation) of dd, like John Fine's partcopy.djtrickdog wrote:oh...so it is a unix operation. Hmm which Unix/Linux OS should i install? I had ubuntu, should i stick with it?
I have partcopy put i dont know how to write to the partition i created on same hard drive without destroying my windowsTyler wrote:Or you could use Cygwin... or use the built in Windows ability to do it... or use a Windows Equivalent (at least for this operation) of dd, like John Fine's partcopy.djtrickdog wrote:oh...so it is a unix operation. Hmm which Unix/Linux OS should i install? I had ubuntu, should i stick with it?
I have emulators but it sometimes isnt the same feeling. Or am i just wierd???And thinking about your problem, it seems to me that you are going way out of your way to write an OS. Why do you need to write it to the harddisk to begin with? You are going to be doing a lot of rebooting your machine if you do it that way. So why not go with a virtual machine such as bochs, qemu, virtual box? You need to restart all you have to do is restart the virtual machine.
i thought maybe it had to do with my code but i opened the original floppy image that comes packed with mikeos and it boots but when i extract the bins then repack in a ima file it gets same errormy tip indicated only your f drive is usb and the image is maden for usb drive.djtrickdog wrote: I tried using dd and i use the command (F is my empty drive)
dd if=mikeos.flp of=\\.\f:
It gives me an error on output being used.
hmm that sounds like a good idea... illlook at thatbinutils wrote:my tip indicated only your f drive is usb and the image is maden for usb drive.djtrickdog wrote: I tried using dd and i use the command (F is my empty drive)
dd if=mikeos.flp of=\\.\f:
It gives me an error on output being used.
maybe to see the source of dd give you some hint.
http://www.chrysocome.net/downloads/dd-0.6beta1.src.zip
Oh and another thing, i use Winimage to make my ima files right to boot from Qemu...well i tried throwing all my bins into a ima then booted in qemu and i get an error right after the boot message comes up (default says "Made with Winimage blah blah blah...) well the error says cannot boot from disk or something like that Confused i thought maybe it had to do with my code but i opened the original floppy image that comes packed with mikeos and it boots but when i extract the bins then repack in a ima file it gets same error