To those of you who replied: Alan Dayley: I keep forgetting 1k actually means 1024. I had tried (among others) dd if=/home/bob/My_Documents/SBM/sbm.bin of=/mnt/floppy0 bs=1440k. This, of course, didn't work. When I tried ... of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k, that didn't work either. Darrin Chandler: Using ... of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 worked, producing a bootable floppy of Smart Boot Manager. (Yay!) Mark Davis: Didn't use ... of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=256 as the above suggestion worked. What does count=256 accomplish? I don't speak manpage very well, and I have yet to take advanced courses in either cryptic or arcane. Thanks for the reference to Schroder's "A Linux Cookbook." "Running Linux, 3rd Edition" has a copyright date of 1999; ancient history in this fast moving field. Kenneth: You were absolutely right, my .iso was hosed. Wouldn't install, even with the help of Smart Boot Manager. (Boo!) Thanks guys. Oh, well. Once more into the breech... Bob Eaton --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss