How do you copy a bootable floppy to a bootable CD ?
With K3B I can only find how to copy a CD or DVD, not a floppy. How do you copy a bootable floppy to a bootable CD ?
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never tried. But I would imagine you can make an iso of the contents of the floppy with mkisofs, then burn that iso onto a cd/dvd
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Thank you. So how do I do that with mkisofs ? When I follow it with -help I find about then thousand options, and among them no indication of the syntax.
It says "Usage: genisoimage [options] file..." How do I specify what to include in the iso file, and where to put it ? Is "file..." the source or the destination ? With the input device floppy being /dev/fd0, how would you craft the line ? |
this "may" work
mkisofs -r -o your_file.iso /mnt/floppy change /mnt/floppy to the mount point of your floppy drive. change your_file.iso to the name of the iso you want it to be. |
Sounds good. I'll give it a try right away.
One more thing. The DOS program I am after is on a two floppy set. How do I get it to take the second floppy ? |
Here is what happened.
Code:
[root@backupserver myers]# mkisofs -r -o Ghost.iso /dev/fd0 |
I looked up the -r and -o options on the manpage, and they look quite correct. The last is the filename, which should go to the home folder, and the floppy device. I verified that it is indeed /dev/fd0.
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Not sure what to tell you about combining the 2 disks.. Maybe putting them in one folder on your HD and make the iso might work.. Not sure
But /dev/fd0 should be the mount point.. Not the device. mount point= /mnt/floppy device= /dev/fd0 |
Thank you Quakeboy2. That looks like just what I need to get this going. I sure appreciate it.
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