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Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work
- To: ulists at iname dot com
- Subject: Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work
- From: Jason Tishler <Jason dot Tishler at dothill dot com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:54:26 -0400
- Cc: cygwin list <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Organization: Dot Hill Systems Corp.
- References: <000913093111C2.21827@weba8.iname.net>
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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