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Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work


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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