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I need to create an image file from the floppy disk...
I think "dd" is the command im looking for but i dont know how it works...
can anyone tell how to do that??
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You are right. dd is the way to go.
Code:
dd if=/dev/your/path/to/floppy of=/path/to/somefile
The somefile will contain the image.
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