Ok, I can use dd to write a .dat file to a floppy, but…
…how can I make a .dat file of an existing boot floppy.
-Arve
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=.dat
cheers,
Kris
Arve Slenes <arve@datarespons.no> wrote:
Ok, I can use dd to write a .dat file to a floppy, but…
…how can I make a .dat file of an existing boot floppy.-Arve
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Kris Warkentin
kewarken@qnx.com
(613)591-0836 x9368
“You’re bound to be unhappy if you optimize everything” - Donald Knuth
Kris Eric Warkentin <kewarken@qnx.com> wrote:
:> Ok, I can use dd to write a .dat file to a floppy, but…
:> …how can I make a .dat file of an existing boot floppy.
: dd if=/dev/fd0 of=.dat
Or just “cp /dev/fd0 somefile.dat” … (it will be faster too, as it
will use a 16k copy buffer as opposed to the default 512byte of dd,
and is less typing too 
Yepp! That seemed quite logical… Should have figured that out myself,
but…
Thanks!
-Arve
Kris Eric Warkentin wrote:
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=.dat
cheers,
Kris
Arve Slenes <> arve@datarespons.no> > wrote:
Ok, I can use dd to write a .dat file to a floppy, but…
…how can I make a .dat file of an existing boot floppy.-Arve
–
Kris Warkentin
kewarken@qnx.com
(613)591-0836 x9368
“You’re bound to be unhappy if you optimize everything” - Donald Knuth