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I am trying to create a bootable floppy disk image (.img) for a very old version of Debian. I hope to run it on virtual-box. i have succeeded in creating a .img and mounting it on /media/floppy as a loop. debian consists of 3 files: bootdisk, basedsk1, and basedsk2. bootdisk file type is; Binary (application/octet-stream). i have tried to use dd but it always fails to open /media/floppy.
debians instructions are as follows;
"The bootdisk and basedisk images may be found in the directory `base'. Installation of the basedisks is required. Simply download the three disk images, use gunzip to decompress them and then dd or rawrite the images to floppy disk. Boot the system with the bootdisk and follow the instructions to install the base system.
Debian Linux packages may be found in the directory packages'.
Installation of these packages is completely optional. Install only
the packages that you need or want with the
dpkg' utility; printable
ASCII and PostScript copies of the dpkg man page can be found in the
top-level `doc' directory."
I sincerely apolagize if none of this makes any sense. I have confused myself. if any more info is needed just ask.