Hi Alan, Providing the data still exists (doesn't sound too good if winxp+2k fails to read the FAT) you can pop them in a linux system and mount the disk as all the old filesystems are still on linux systems (fat16, fat32, vfat, ntfs), using the normal mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/ method.
So providing the physical disk hasn't degraded too much you should be able to get something. Even if it appears dead, you could duplicate the disk electronically (dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/disk_file.img) which will create a file image of whatever can be found on the disk, then you can try recovery on that image file. Good luck! On 17/04/13 14:01, Alan Peterson wrote: > So far the web has been of no use to me; is there a way to read old > (Win95,98) floppy diskettes under Linux? I have a considerable amount > of material (old Radio World articles, MIDI compositions etc) that I > want converted to a more modern storage format. > > Stuffing them into a WinXP or Win2K box results in a request to > reformat the disk, and I definitely don't want that. Seeking good > ideas from anybody. Thanks. > > -AP _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev > mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > -- Andy e: andy @ thebmwz3.co.uk w: http://www.thebmwz3.co.uk g: https://github.com/andyb2000/ _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
