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EDDY1 10-20-2011 12:45 AM

Are you referring "disks" as cd's or dvd's?

linuxwin2 10-20-2011 09:11 AM

With clonezilla live Cd you can copy an entire partition/system
http://clonezilla.org/

Quick guide
http://packratstudios.com/index.php/...k-start-guide/

Jeays 10-20-2011 09:55 AM

Diskcopy
 
The Windows command just copies a floppy disk to another; it can't be used for hard disks.

A Linux equivalent is "dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/dev/fd1" if you have two floppy drives.

If not, copy the disk image first to a temporary location, and then put the second disk in the drive:

dd if=/dev/fd0 of=diskimage
# Switch disks
dd if=diskimage of=/dev/fd0
rm -r diskimage

Trouble31 10-20-2011 07:22 PM

Sorry, yes I am referring to floppy disks. I know they are outdated but I am trying to learn how to use Linux for a class. Diskcopy make an exact copy of a floppy disk onto another floppy disk.

Trouble31 10-20-2011 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2 (Post 4503139)
Hi,


Install it from your distributions repository just like you would install any other program.


Evo2.

I have never install a program in Linux before so "just like any other program" gives me little to go on.

chrism01 10-20-2011 07:40 PM

Can you confirm which distro+version you are using?
Is it installed on your hard disk, or only being run from CD/DVD?
This will enable us to tell you where to find it in the menus.
(On my Centos system its called Add/Remove Sw :) )

Trouble31 10-20-2011 07:59 PM

My version is Ubuntu VMware Player 4.0 build 471780

evo2 10-20-2011 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trouble31 (Post 4503887)
I have never install a program in Linux before so "just like any other program" gives me little to go on.

Sure it does, it means that you can read the documentation for your os to find out how.

Evo2.

chrism01 10-20-2011 11:21 PM

Ubuntu cli pkg mgr howto & ptr to full docs http://linux.about.com/od/ubuntu_doc/a/ubudg4t2.htm

elliott678 10-21-2011 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trouble31 (Post 4503899)
My version is Ubuntu VMware Player 4.0 build 471780

I'm not sure copying physical floppy disks while working in a virtual machine is going to work, it usually doesn't give any real access to the drives.

Though, for doing a byte for byte copy from one disk to another, dd is your best option.


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