Jonathan Dlouhy wrote:
>
> Is there GUI tool in Mandrake 8.1 that can be used to copy diskettes?

jonathan,

there are a lot gui tools that do what can be done at command line,
and they make life easier. but, what do you do when you are using a
system that does not have a gui tool that you are used to using?

you sit with a lost look on your face because you can not do what
ever it is that you have done with gui.

same can happen when doing diskette copies.

for a quick and easy coping of diskettes;

to copy from diskette,
  dd bs=5120 </dev/fd0 >/tmp/out.file
or
  dd if=/dev/fd0 ibs=5120 of=/tmp/out.file obs=5120

to copy to diskette,
  dd bs=5120 </tmp/out.file >/dev/fd0
or
  dd if=/tmp/out.file ibs=5120 of=/dev/fd0 obs=5120

using if= and of= will make copies a little faster.
  
dd is found on most all linux/unix systems. a gui has to installed.

hth.


tc,hago.

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