From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from orion.sas.upenn.edu(ORION.SAS.UPENN.EDU[165.123.26.31]) (1839 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Fri, 26 May 2000 13:11:54 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from karolina (DIALIN0605.UPENN.EDU [128.91.18.93]) by orion.sas.upenn.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/SAS.05) with SMTP id NAA28657 for ; Fri, 26 May 2000 13:11:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <00a601bfc74e$edd50380$5d125b80@karolina> From: "Victor Tsaran" To: References: <000501bfc62d$ff7d6860$5c145b80@karolina> Subject: Re: CCopying the floppy's structure into an image file with Linux Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 13:09:03 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 List-Id: Thanks. Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" To: Cc: "Speakup List" Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:25 AM Subject: Re: CCopying the floppy's structure into an image file with Linux > If you wish to copy an image of a disk in Linux you use 'dd'. The > syntax is something like this: > > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=filename > > There are many other option you can give 'dd' to specify the block > size and how many block to copy and the like. Do a mn on 'dd' for > more information. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup