[SWLUG] Discuss Digest, Vol 31, Issue 3

[Phillip Evans]

Thanks for that Justin.

It is also a long time since I have used a floppy. I wanted to install a 
version of NetBSD out of curiosity & the install routine involved a boot 
floppy.

Phillip


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> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:13:49 +0000
> From: Phillip Evans <phillip at paevans.freeserve.co.uk>
> Subject: [SWLUG] Writing image files to floppies
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> Can anyone please tell me how to transfer a floppy image file, e.g. 
> boot1.fs to a floppy disk. I cannot find a reference to this anywhere.
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> Thanks
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> Phillip
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> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:26:01 +0000
> From: Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [SWLUG] Writing image files to floppies
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> On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 19:13 +0000, Phillip Evans wrote:
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>> Can anyone please tell me how to transfer a floppy image file, e.g. 
>> boot1.fs to a floppy disk. I cannot find a reference to this anywhere.
>>     
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> copy floppy to an image file:
> dd if=/dev/fd0 of=myfloppy.img
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> copy image to a floppy:
> dd if=myfloppy.img of=/dev/fd0
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> this assumes an already formated floppy (doesnt matter if its blank or
> not, it gets overwritten)
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> wow, its been such a long time since ive even tried to use a floppy for
> anything :)
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