Not to be a complete fascist.  A better way to do it might be:

$ sudo gunzip -d < disk1.fs.gz | dd of=/dev/fd0 bs=36k
0+136 records in
0+136 records out

This keeps the gzip in tact, which you want to do, because of CRC checking,
etc.  An uncompressed file could be corrupted and you'd never know.

-lava

Thilo Manske wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 13 2001 at 12:02:09 +0100, "Sjödin Lars, se it" wrote:
> > i tried dd if=disk1.fs.gz of=/dev/fd0 (Linux machine)
> > then boot floppy on my SS5 it complained about the floppy not being SUN
> > Label...
> You have to unpack (gunzip) that file before you write it to the
> floppy.
> --
> Dies ist Thilos Unix Signature! Viel Spass damit.