QNX RTOS v4 Knowledge Base
QNX RTOS v4 Knowledge Base
| Title |
Duplicating a diskette |
| Ref. No. |
QNX.000009660 |
| Category(ies) |
Utilities, Filesystem, Configuration |
| Issue |
How do we go about duplicating a diskette?
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| Solution |
There are a couple of different ways to duplicate a diskette, depending on what resources are available on/to the computer.
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Scenario 1: One floppy drive, no other floppy drives available
To duplicate a disk with one floppy drive available, it will be necessary to copy the files from the floppy disk onto the hard drive, then from the hard drive to a blank diskette.
Create an empty directory on the hard drive. Then copy the contents of the floppy disk on the hard drive:
cp -rvp /fd /usr/tmp
Notice we are assuming that /fd is a mount point for /dev/fd0. Sub in the /usr/tmp with the empty directoy created. Once the files are done copying, insert the blank diskette into the floppy drive and copy the files onto the blank diskette:
cp -rvp /usr/tmp /fd
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Scenario 2: Access to another floppy drive over the network
If you have access to another floppy drive on the network, copying the disk is simplified. Simply:
cp //<source node>/dev/fd0 //<destination node>/dev/fd0.
This will perform a raw block copy from the source floppy drive to the destination floppy drive.
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Scenario 3: Two floppy drives in the same machine.
This is very similar to scenario 2, except we do not have to put the node's in the cp command.
Simply:
cp /dev/fd0 /dev/fd1
Once again, /fd0 is assumed to be the source and /fd1 is assumed to be the destination.
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