I prefer WSL 2. It now allows X-windows and file management between the Linux distro and
Windows (at least 11,I'm not sure about 10) is very intuitive.
Ray
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From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Tom Manos via cctalk
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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 6:05:24 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: 'dd' for Windoze (Was: cctalk Digest, Vol 89, Issue 21)
Or install Cygwin for a complete UNIX environment under Windoze. I don't
use it all that much, but when you need it, it's fabulous.
Tom
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 5:46 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
From: Rod
Smallwood
dd is a linux command.
UNIX, actually. (V5, I think:
https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V5/usr/source/s1/dd.c
There no 'man'page for it in V4. Anyway...)
I only have windows PC's.
There are Windoze versions. I've used this one:
http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
with success (under XP; probably works under others, too).
Noel