Hi Can anyone write to me how to use cp command to copy some files from
floppy to disk and vice versa.
Subash
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From: Dave Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: How to copy floppy disks.
>> From: "Manuel A. Camacho Q." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I know this must be a simple one, but got no idea. How can I copy floppy
>> disks on a single disk drive unit? (from the shell prompt)
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> -Manuel.
>
>If the disk just contains files,
>cp the files to a hard disk
>insert other floppy
>cp files from hard disk to floppy
>
>If the disk is bootable, something like (not tested):
>dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/file
>insert other floppy
>dd if=/tmp/file of=/dev/fd0
>
>You may also need to add bs=1440k to the dd lines.
>
>HTH,
>Dave
>
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