Diskcopy UNIX floppies?

Diskcopy UNIX floppies?

Post by Warv » Wed, 29 Apr 1998 04:00:00



I'm new to UNIX.
I'm trying to make backup copies of my UNIX floppy disks.

I tried DOS DISKCOPY, but that was useless.

Is there anyway to copy these disks? I would prefer to use a DOS method.

Thanks

 
 
 

Diskcopy UNIX floppies?

Post by Andreas Geissl » Thu, 30 Apr 1998 04:00:00



 >
 >I'm new to UNIX.
 >I'm trying to make backup copies of my UNIX floppy disks.
 >
 >I tried DOS DISKCOPY, but that was useless.
 >
 >Is there anyway to copy these disks? I would prefer to use a DOS method.
 >

you can do this using the dd command in two steps:
- first create an image of your floppy with
dd if=YOUR_FLOPPY_DRIVE of=ANY_FILE_NAME bs=18k
- then copy the image to a different floppy with
dd if=ANY_FILE_NAME of=YOUR_FLOPPY_DRIVE bs=18k

andi.
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