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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:54:26 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com>
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Subject: Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work
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In-Reply-To: <000913093111C2.21827@weba8.iname.net>; from ulists@iname.com on Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 09:31:11AM -0400
Organization: Dot Hill Systems Corp.

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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