Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <01bb01c01dca$48941f00$f7c723cb@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: "cygwin list" References: <000913093111C2 DOT 21827 AT weba8 DOT iname DOT net> <20000913115426 DOT A1120 AT DP> Subject: Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:33:37 +1100 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 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Sep 2000 21:32:30.0703 (UTC) FILETIME=[1EFF6FF0:01C01DCA] Perhaps this could be FAQ'd? I had a look and couldn't see it there.. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Tishler" To: Cc: "cygwin list" Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 2:54 AM Subject: Re: dd if=/cygdrive/a of=foo.img doesn't work > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 09:31:11AM -0400, ulists AT iname DOT 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 > > -- > Jason Tishler > Director, Software Engineering Phone: +1 (732) 264-8770 x235 > Dot Hill Systems Corporation Fax: +1 (732) 264-8798 > 82 Bethany Road, Suite 7 Email: Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com > Hazlet, NJ 07730 USA WWW: http://www.dothill.com > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com