----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Peterson" <[email protected]>
> 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. If those OSs are asking to format them, then that means they couldn't read them, which likely means they're not readable -- though the problem could be alignment, rather than merely bits-fell-off; I would try several different FDDs to read them in. But note: FDs are *not* long-term storage; even if you store them perfectly, 5 years is pushing it, and 10 years is probably a loss. The bits *will* fall off. If you can find a 2.07 version of Anadisk floating around, it might help you. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
