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Creating a floppy disk from a disk image |
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Create the Disk in Linux
- Insert a blank floppy disk into the floppy drive. Be sure that the write protect tab is closed
- Run the following command as root:
dd if=<image file name> of=/dev/fd0
- Wait for the disk activity light on the drive to go out
Create the Disk in Windows
- Download and run Rawwrite for Windows from http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
- Insert a blank floppy disk into the floppy drive. Be sure that the write protect tab is closed
- For "Floppy Drive" select "A:"
- Click the "Write" tab
- For "Image File" use the "..." button to browse for the floppy image file
- Set the "Number of Copies" (generally 1)
- Click the "Write" button
- Wait for the disk activity light on the drive to go out
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 August 2008 18:23 |