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+ <sect1 condition="supports-floppy-boot" id="create-floppy">
+ <title>Creating Floppies from Disk Images</title>
+<para>
+
+Bootable floppy disks are generally used as a last resort to boot the
+installer on hardware that cannot boot from CD or by other means.
+
+</para><para arch="powerpc">
+
+Floppy disk booting reportedly fails on Mac USB floppy drives.
+
+</para><para arch="m68k">
+
+Floppy disk booting is not supported on Amigas or
+68k Macs.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Disk images are files containing the complete contents of a floppy
+disk in <emphasis>raw</emphasis> form.  Disk images, such as
+<filename>boot.img</filename>, cannot simply be copied to floppy
+drives.  A special program is used to write the image files to floppy
+disk in <emphasis>raw</emphasis> mode.  This is required because these
+images are raw representations of the disk; it is required to do a
+<emphasis>sector copy</emphasis> of the data from the file onto the
+floppy.
+
+</para><para>
+
+There are different techniques for creating floppies from disk images,
+which depend on your platform.  This section describes how to create
+floppies from disk images on different platforms.
+
+</para><para>
+
+No matter which method you use to create your floppies, you should
+remember to flip the write-protect tab on the floppies once you have
+written them, to ensure they are not damaged unintentionally.
+
+</para>
+
+  <sect2><title>Writing Disk Images From a Linux or Unix System</title>
+<para>
+
+To write the floppy disk image files to the floppy disks, you will
+probably need root access to the system.  Place a good, blank floppy
+in the floppy drive.  Next, use the command
+
+<informalexample><screen>
+$ dd if=<replaceable>filename</replaceable> of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 conv=sync ; sync
+</screen></informalexample>
+
+where <replaceable>filename</replaceable> is one of the floppy disk image
+files (see <xref linkend="downloading-files"/> for what
+<replaceable>filename</replaceable> should be).
+<filename>/dev/fd0</filename> is a commonly used name of the floppy
+disk device, it may be different on your workstation
+<phrase arch="sparc">(on Solaris, it is
+<filename>/dev/fd/0</filename>)</phrase>.
+The command may return to the
+prompt before Unix has finished writing the floppy disk, so look for
+the disk-in-use light on the floppy drive and be sure that the light
+is out and the disk has stopped revolving before you remove it from
+the drive. On some systems, you'll have to run a command to eject the
+floppy from the drive
+<phrase arch="sparc">(on Solaris, use <command>eject</command>, see
+the manual page)</phrase>.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Some systems attempt to automatically mount a floppy disk when you
+place it in the drive. You might have to disable this feature before
+the workstation will allow you to write a floppy in <emphasis>raw
+mode</emphasis>.  Unfortunately, how to accomplish this will vary
+based on your operating system.
+<phrase arch="sparc">
+On Solaris, you can work around
+volume management to get raw access to the floppy.  First, make sure
+that the floppy is auto-mounted (using <command>volcheck</command> or
+the equivalent command in the file manager). Then use a
+<command>dd</command> command of the form given above, just replace
+<filename>/dev/fd0</filename> with
+<filename>/vol/rdsk/<replaceable>floppy_name</replaceable></filename>,
+where <replaceable>floppy_name</replaceable> is the name the floppy
+disk was given when it was formatted (unnamed floppies default to the
+name <filename>unnamed_floppy</filename>).  On other systems, ask your
+system administrator.
+</phrase>
+
+</para><para arch="powerpc">
+
+If writing a floppy on powerpc Linux, you will need to eject it. The
+<command>eject</command> program handles this nicely; you might need
+to install it.
+
+</para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+&floppy-i386.xml; <!-- can be used for other arches -->
+&floppy-m68k.xml;
+&floppy-powerpc.xml;
+
+ </sect1>
+