DD Command 1

[likelylad]

I am completely new to Linux, so please pardon my ignorance on the subject.

I am trying to make an exact copy of a Windows formatted 1.44 HD (High Density) floppy disk. From what I have read the DD command in Linux will do the job for me.

I am trying to make an exact copy from 1 floppy disk to another floppy disk.
The floppy disk drives are USB one's.

Once I put the disks into the drives, they are showing up in:
/media/BOOTDISK and /media/disk

I have tried the following comand
dd if=/media/BOOTDISK of=/media/disk

but absolutely nothing happens, it just says "/media/disk exists

 

[MadMichael]

Have you looked at the manual page by running 'man dd'? Also, you could google 'linux dd'.

I don't know the exact details for linux, but your 'if' and 'of' parameters should be raw device names, something like '/dev/fd0'.

Do a directory listing of your /dev directory to see what your raw device names are.

 

[likelylad]

Was able to solve the issue

I ran the mount command to see the list of devices.

I then unmounted both drives

I then ran the dd command using the device names.

 

[razalas]

Nice job figuring it out!

Thanks for posting your solution!

Code what you mean,
and mean what you code!
But by all means post your code!

Razalas