22 Sep
2001
22 Sep
'01
9:51 a.m.
Does anyone have any recommendations on software (preferably free) for
archiving old DOS floppies? What I'd like to do is to be able to make disk
images of all (okay, maybe just 'many') of the old DOS floppies I have so
that if they disks get trashed or the bits fall off I can remake 'em. I'm
assuming I'd probably be making these archives from a Windoze box although
DOS or even FreeBSD or Linux is a possibility.
Thanks in advance.
GZ
22 Sep
22 Sep
11:17 a.m.
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 02:51:38PM -0700, Gordon Zaft wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations on software (preferably free) for
archiving old DOS floppies? What I'd like to do is to be able to make disk
images of all (okay, maybe just 'many') of the old DOS floppies I have so
that if they disks get trashed or the bits fall off I can remake 'em. I'm
assuming I'd probably be making these archives from a Windoze box although
DOS or even FreeBSD or Linux is a possibility.
rawrite / rawread
e.g. downloadable from:
http://hubble.physik.uni-konstanz.de/jkrueger/windows/rawrite.exe
http://hubble.physik.uni-konstanz.de/jkrueger/windows/rawread.exe
or dd in any generic *nix.
regards,
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21 Oct
8:47 a.m.
New subject: Archiving floppies? / rawread - rawrite
Always on the search for tools which are essential and written in English
language today I tested rawread / rawrite which was suggested by "salo".
Unfortunately I had to find out that these tools DON?T WORK with 5,25" which
have a capacity of 360 KB! Any suggestions?
I would prefer a tool / utility which runs under MS-DOS, supports all
standard formats and creates an EXE-file so that noone needs to have the
tool to restore the saved disk.
Thanks in advance
Thomas
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On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 02:51:38PM -0700, Gordon Zaft
wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations on software (preferably free) for
> archiving old DOS floppies? What I'd like to do is to be able to make
disk
> images of all (okay, maybe just 'many')
of the old DOS floppies I have
so
> that if they disks get trashed or the bits fall
off I can remake 'em.
I'm
> assuming I'd probably be making these
archives from a Windoze box
although
DOS or even
FreeBSD or Linux is a possibility.
rawrite / rawread
e.g. downloadable from:
http://hubble.physik.uni-konstanz.de/jkrueger/windows/rawrite.exe
http://hubble.physik.uni-konstanz.de/jkrueger/windows/rawread.exe
or dd in any generic *nix.
regards,
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22 Sep
12:45 p.m.
Hi Gordon,
I got a tiny program (jus one 32 KB file) from 1991 written by Christian
Schaaf. One should use it in DOS but normally it also works fine in a
DOS-box from Windows. Unfortunately it?s in German language but I think it?s
quite easy to work with it. Otherwise I would try to translate it for you.
It copies a floppy into one file onto a hard disk saving the disk?s volume
label as well which may be important. You can also save a short description
in the file saved on the hard disk e.g. containing a serial number. As the
program is more than 10 years old I think we don?t have to worry about the
copyright too much. I?ve been searching for a hint how to contact the author
but can?t find anything. A company?s name is not mentioned. If you are
interested in the program, please let me know.
Bye
Thomas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Zaft" <zaft(a)azstarnet.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 11:51 PM
Subject: Archiving floppies?
Does anyone have any recommendations on software (preferably free) for
archiving old DOS floppies? What I'd like to do is to be able to make
disk
images of all (okay, maybe just 'many') of the
old DOS floppies I have so
that if they disks get trashed or the bits fall off I can remake 'em. I'm
assuming I'd probably be making these archives from a Windoze box although
DOS or even FreeBSD or Linux is a possibility.
Thanks in advance.
GZ
1:16 p.m.
Hi Gordon,
I got a tiny program (just one 32 KB file) from 1991 written by Christian
Schaaf. One should use it in DOS but normally it also works fine in a
DOS-box from Windows. Unfortunately it?s in German language but I think it?s
quite easy to work with it. Otherwise I would try to translate it for you.
It copies a floppy into one file onto a hard disk saving the disk?s volume
label as well which may be important. You can also save a short description
in the file saved on the hard disk e.g. containing a serial number. As the
program is more than 10 years old I think we don?t have to worry about the
copyright too much. I?ve been searching for a hint how to contact the author
but can?t find anything. A company?s name is not mentioned. If you are
interested in the program, please let me know.
Bye
Thomas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Zaft" <zaft(a)azstarnet.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 11:51 PM
Subject: Archiving floppies?
Does anyone have any recommendations on software (preferably free) for
archiving old DOS floppies? What I'd like to do is to be able to make
disk
images of all (okay, maybe just 'many') of the
old DOS floppies I have so
that if they disks get trashed or the bits fall off I can remake 'em. I'm
assuming I'd probably be making these archives from a Windoze box although
DOS or even FreeBSD or Linux is a possibility.
Thanks in advance.
GZ
5:05 p.m.
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Gordon Zaft wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations on software
(preferably free) for
archiving old DOS floppies? What I'd like to do is to be able to make
disk images ... FreeBSD or Linux is a possibility.
Use a BSD or Linux. The command is:
dd if=floppy-device of=file-name
To write a floppy from a disk image, use:
dd if=file-name of=floppy-device
On FreeBSD, the floppy device is /dev/fd0c. The other BSDs and Linux
should have very similar names.
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