Re: [TCLUG:12545] dd question

["Brian Ackermann" <brian_ackermann@bbros.com>]

I have a few of these floppies, and they all work(as the manufacturer intended
them to work).  But dd fails on all of them...


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>From: Chris McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>
>To: tclug <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:12545] dd question
>Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2000, 11:10 AM
>

> Since dd accesses the raw device, the format of the disk and
> data is unimportant.  You appear to have a bad floppy.
>
> Unless you have another one, I think you are out of luck.
>
> -Chris
>
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Brian Ackermann wrote:
>
>> I'm a dd newbie...
>>
>> I try:
>>
>> dd if=/dev/fd0 of=./this.img
>>
>> The floppy drive spins for a while and then I get:
>>
>> Floppy0: Probe Failed...
>> end_request:  I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
>> Floppy0: Probe Failed...
>> end_request:  I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0j
>> dd: /dev/fd0:  Input/output error
>> 0+0 records in
>> 0+0 records out
>>
>>
>> It seems to work fine for other floppies...(the only one I tested was my
linux
>> boot disk)...this particular floppy is a unique case, with an odd format,
with
>> bits in unusual sectors.  What I want is just to make an exact image of this
>> disk onto another floppy....
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
>
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