2 May
2002
2 May
'02
10:42 p.m.
cat /dev/floppy > /test1
cat: /dev/floppy: Input/output error
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18432 May 3 02:09 test1
Bad floppy right ?
So time for dd, noerror tells it not to quit
sync tells it not to aggregate a short read with the good
ones, but to fill the remainder of the short read with zeros
so ...
dd conv=sync,noerror if=/dev/floppy of=/test2 ( bs=defaults to 512)
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1474560 May 3 02:18 test2
and we have the whole image of the proper size
but including bad sectors filled in with zeros
Raymond