3.5 floppy imaging

[Jim Carpenter]

On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
>> If they are just plain old dos format (DD or HD) dd under linux will do
>
>
> IF they are just plain old DOS format (DD or HD), then COPY will do.
> IF they are just plain old DOS format (DD or HD), then there is no reason to
> "image"!
> IF they are just plain old DOS format (DD or HD), then the files are all
> that matters.

I have been bit multiple times from people doing simple file copies
instead of imaging. Sometimes it's because of a particular DOS that
was on the floppy and needed by the program. Sometimes it's
copy-protection. But usually it's because the volume labels are gone
and breaks a setup program for a multi-disk app.

You want to do a file copy, then fine. But image the disks too.

Jim