Re: Intruiging Disk Problem

[Mark Alexander]

On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 04:49:41PM -0800, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> As a newbie to Linux, I need to know does Linux have a good disk editor
> for floppies? I need to read a non standard floppy format, and copy
> disks with it.

Check the man pages for 'dd' , 'fdformat' and 'fd'.  The 'dd' program
should be able to read and write a diskette.  The 'fdformat' program
can format a new one.  The key is selecting the right device name; see
the 'fd' man page for help on figuring that out.