Re: Image a diskette?

[Bob Hartung <rwhart mchsi com>]

Francis Stevens wrote:
> Bob Hartung wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >   How do I go about creating an image of a floppy diskette that I can 
> > use to clone the diskette and use as storage for archival purposes?  
> > All I need is the command and then I'll read the relevant parts.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bob
>
> I use:-
>
>     dd if=/dev/fd0 of=./copyofafloppydisk
>
> to create a file which is a copy of the floppy disk and
>
>     dd if=./copyofafloppydisk of=/dev/fd0
>
> to create the new floppy.
>
> You don't need to mount the floppy to do this.
>
> FAS
Thanks,
  Now I can clone this floppy that I use with Ghost to back up 
all my Linux installs to an external DVD.

Bob