1. Re[2]: Read and write floppy disk
- Posted by aku at inbox.as Mar 30, 2001
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Thanks, but how to do that on dos? I think even on linux read/write /dev/fd0 only can read/write formatted disk, not unformatted? (only 1440 KB) am I wrong? s> whatever partition your linux swap is on) and see what linux has been up s> to! :) s> aku at inbox.as wrote: >> How to read and write to floppy disk (or even harddisk) in raw mode? >> It means to read and to write every byte of the disk. >> (I think a floppy has nearly 2 MB unformatted) >> >> >>
2. Re: Re[2]: Read and write floppy disk
- Posted by Jeffrey Fielding <JJProg at cyberbury.net> Mar 30, 2001
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Nope, it'll read/write every byte there is on the disk, formatted or not. Jeff Fielding ----- Original Message ----- From: <aku at inbox.as> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 6:31 AM Subject: Re[2]: Read and write floppy disk > > > Thanks, > > but how to do that on dos? > > I think even on linux read/write /dev/fd0 only can read/write > formatted disk, not unformatted? (only 1440 KB) am I wrong? > s> whatever partition your linux swap is on) and see what linux has been up > s> to! :) > > s> aku at inbox.as wrote: > >> How to read and write to floppy disk (or even harddisk) in raw mode? > >> It means to read and to write every byte of the disk. > >> (I think a floppy has nearly 2 MB unformatted) > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >