21 Jun
2002
21 Jun
'02
10:42 a.m.
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Pat Finnegan <pat(a)purdueriots.com> wrote:
I know.. that's why I said 'if' and the #2 options. I'm working on a
DOS program to format the disk and write the tracks, and probably will
write a quick 50-liner to read the disks (this is in assembly), which
I'll post once I get it to work. Does anyone have info or links to
relevant info on the necessary ioctl's for Linux's floppy device driver?
-- Pat
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Antonio Carlini wrote:
The problem is that for DEC RX50s, they are _not_ 360K or 1200K 5.25"
disks... they are single-sided, 10-sectors of 512 bytes per track, 80 (If anyone has suggestions for
"imaging" 360KB
floppies, 1.2MB floppies and RX50s using PC hardware
running Windows or Linux or NetBSD, I'm all ears.
1) If it's a true 360K or 1200K 5.25" disk or 720K or 1440K 3.5" disk,
you can just type 'dd if=/dev/fd0 of=disk.img' and get a copy of it...