RE: Read and write floppy disk

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in linux, you can open devices for raw I/O. for example, you can open 
/dev/fd0 in binary update mode and start writing at the beginning of the 
disk. you can use all the normal file functions in file.e(but using the 
position -1 in seek() won't work). you could even open /dev/hda5(or 
whatever partition your linux swap is on) and see what linux has been up 
to! :)

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)
> 
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