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Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work
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- Subject: Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:33:37 +1100
- References: <000913093111C2.21827@weba8.iname.net> <20000913115426.A1120@DP>
Perhaps this could be FAQ'd? I had a look and couldn't see it there..
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Tishler" <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com>
To: <ulists@iname.com>
Cc: "cygwin list" <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 2:54 AM
Subject: Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 09:31:11AM -0400, ulists@iname.com wrote:
> > Why it doesn't work ? What can I do for a low copy ?
>
> You need to mount your floppy drive via the mount command. For example:
>
> $ mount -f -b -s //./A: /dev/fd0
>
> Then you can use dd (or cat) as in the following:
>
> $ dd if=/dev/fd0 of=foo.img
>
> Check out the following for more information:
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/1999-12/msg00493.html
>
> Jason
>
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