Unix and Linux Stack Exchange
Unix and Linux Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [floppy]

28 questions
11
votes
1 answer

Mounting an old floppy image file (.ima format) - how hard can it be?

I'm trying to mount and access a floppy image file in the .ima format (raw dump to floppy, similar to .img) on ArchLinux. This file is part of a set of 30. It is not bootable, but rather a continuation of a set. The purpose is not manipulation for…
user44370
7
votes
3 answers

How do I compare a file with a floppy image and the actual floppy's content?

Is there a command that compares a floppy disk image (e.g. a .iso file) to the actual contents of the floppy the image was written on (e.g. /dev/fd0)?
zebonaut
  • 1,115
  • 3
  • 16
  • 31
7
votes
2 answers

How to format 720k FAT (ie: MS-DOS) floppy on Linux using USB floppy drive

I have a USB 3.5" floppy drive connected to my Linux box. I've verified that it is /dev/sdh on my Linux box, and I can read Linux-formatted floppies from it. (I had an old ext2 floppy lying around.) I need to format a double-density 720k floppy to…
Laurence Gonsalves
  • 566
  • 4
  • 10
5
votes
1 answer

How to disable floppy seek at linux startup?

It is annoying enough that my BIOS has no switch that allows me to disable the floppy-seek at boot. But when I boot CentOS 5 the floppy seeks again - I suspect hald to do this. How can I disable that seek (/dev/fd0)?
Nils
  • 18,202
  • 11
  • 46
  • 82
4
votes
2 answers

How does one disable the floppy module from loading on boot in CentOs7?

I'm running a CentOS 7 install in VMWare Workstation 9. I have removed the floppy drive from the VM configuration (as my host machine does not have one, and I haven't used one in literally 12 years). When the VM boots, an error message comes…
Max Freeman
  • 41
  • 1
  • 1
  • 4
4
votes
3 answers

Why do I need to comment out the floppy in /etc/fstab in new-ish Debian versions?

I'm using a box with Debian that has gone through many updates (at least lenny, squeeze, wheezy). After a long time, I wanted to mount a floppy again which didn't work as it used to. I found a tutorial explaining I had to comment out the line about…
zebonaut
  • 1,115
  • 3
  • 16
  • 31
3
votes
1 answer

How to create a 80 track 1 head FAT formatted 360K disk image?

I need to format a floppy disk image file with a format that is readable by an (emulated) 3.5" 80-track 9 sectors/track single-sided floppy drive. With mformat, I have no idea how to specify a disk image. The option -i :: did not work…
Pedro Gimeno
  • 317
  • 3
  • 10
3
votes
0 answers

How to prevent udev from adding fd0 to /proc/partitions?

I'm updating udev to eudev, the issue I am having is now fd0 shows in /proc/partitions which causes hang delays by things that process items from that file. I would imagine it's some "rule" but I have no clue what the rules actually do. For…
user3161924
  • 249
  • 1
  • 7
3
votes
1 answer

How do I detect a floppy disk insert on RHEL 7 and execute a script?

I have a RedHat 7 VM running on VMware ESXi 6 infrastructure. I need to detect a floppy disk insert event and then kickoff a script based on that insert event. My initial approach was to try and use Udev rules to trigger the script execution on…
droche
  • 33
  • 3
3
votes
4 answers

How to install Linux Mint from DOS?

I want to install Linux Mint 17.2 on my computer. Unfortunately, my computer doesn't have a CD-ROM (so I can't boot from Live CD). It does not have a capability of booting from USB drive (so I can't boot from PenDriveLinux USB stick). It can be…
Egor Skriptunoff
  • 548
  • 1
  • 5
  • 19
2
votes
0 answers

Set media to "Floppy Disk" automatically in Wine

In order for an application I am using (with Wine) to be able to access a usb drive I need to set the drive to "floppy disk" in the wine configuration under the drives tab in the advanced settings. If I do this the application works fine. The…
Mr Purple
  • 153
  • 1
  • 6
2
votes
1 answer

Which distributions can have a network installation started from a floppy?

Suppose I have computer with no USB boot option; no CD/DVD drive; an unformatted HDD; and a working connection to the Internet (via a local network segment with a DHCP server etc)... and an FDD. Can I use a floppy disk to trigger an installation of…
einpoklum
  • 8,772
  • 19
  • 65
  • 129
1
vote
0 answers

move files to a linux guest vm on vmware using virtual floppy image of vmrc

Consider a situation where I need to copy a file into a linux VM running on Vmware with no network access (i.e can't SSH), but with VMRC access. As we need to support other kinds of virtualization providers / physical hardware like Dell / HP blade…
user548959
  • 11
  • 1
1
vote
0 answers

Mint 14 Floppy error

Error reported = Error mounting system managed device /dev/fd0. Command line ... /media/flopp0 exited with non-zero . /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device. I've got a physical floppy drive, working (well it stops boot ups if a floppy is inserted)…
user30066
  • 11
  • 1
1
vote
1 answer

How can I install Linux onto a drive without installing a bootloader onto it, and create a separate boot disk for it?

I'm planning to install Trisquel Mini (a derivative of Ubuntu) onto a desktop that previously ran Windows 98, as part of a broader effort to modernize that computer (i.e. allow it to be used with modern applications). The system is from 1999. As…
gparyani
  • 113
  • 5
1
2