> Hum, Hum ! I'm not sure that's the best place to ask it. > Nevertheless ...
This list is always off the topic. But that's ok, it's still educational and linux related. > I would like to duplicate a msdos floppy in such a way that > even its mother won't make the difference.. I've tried > "mcopy", but the mother did the difference... 1) # insert original 2) dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/image bs=1024 3) # insert target (error free target that is) 4) dd of=/dev/fd0 if=/tmp/image bs=1024 5) man dd # to see what the heck you did For saftey reasons, you probably want the write protect tab set on the original. > P.S. what could make the difference between 2 floppies ? At a very low level (bit wise), the normal copy program will make some changes that don't show up unless you are looking at the bits. HTH, Brandon -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .