Re: Need a software to copy my floppy

[Gareth John Tunley <G.J.Tunley () CS CF AC UK>]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Showan Bamdad wrote:

Hi,

forgive me if this has already been suggested, I only subscribed to this
group yesterday. When I need to make exact copies of floppy discs I type
the following on my linux box

% cat /dev/fd0 > image
% cat image > /dev/fd0

this is probably not the best way of doing it but i've never had any
trouble with it.

just a thought

ciao

Gareth

> Hi ppl
> thank you all for trying to help me but I was unsuccessful in my try to
> back up my floppy.
> But I'm so happy to get answer from so many. Thanks again, I'm looking for
> new  hints.
> Regards

==

"640K ought to be enough for anyone" - Bill Gates

G.J. Tunley, (g.j.tunley () cs cf ac uk or sirhumphrey () turf org)
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/User/G.J.Tunley/