dd or grub problem.?

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I am trying to create a GRUB boot floppy as per "The GRUB manual"
The first line: dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
works and loads on the floppy apparently properly.
The second line: dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
gives the error message: /dev/fd0, Invalid argument.
Can anybody Help me.?
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My system;
500 MHz AMD K6-II and ASUS P5A-B mBoard
Award V4.51PG Modular BIOS:
Instalation: Mandrake 8, KERNEL 2.4.8   (Same condition experienced with
Caldera 2.4, KERNEL 2.2.14)