Quote Originally Posted by Stephen

To backup the floppy open a console window with the floppy in the drive and as root dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/path/desired/to/store/knoppixboot.img then to write to a floppy also as root dd if=/path/to/knoppixboot.img of=/dev/fd0.
Being a linux newbie means that makes very little sense to me
I know how to open a console window with the floppy but the code:

dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/path/desired/to/store/knoppixboot.img

is a little confusing.

can: path/desired/to/store/knoppixboot.img be anywhere on linux such as a directory in knoppix/home? As for:

dd if=/path/to/knoppixboot.img of=/dev/fd0

is =/path/to/knoppixboot.img where the floppy drive is? How does it know where the copied file is on my HD?

And I'm just ignoring the HD boot coz thats way over my head