On Tuesday 10 April 2007 13:04, Nigel Henry wrote: > I can use dd to put data on a new formatted floppy, but how do I reuse an > old floppy. I tried it on linux using dd, but got input/output errors, and > even tried it on that other OS, but that couln't complete the format. I > even tried reformatting an XP boot floppy on XP, and it couldn't complete > the format. > > I'm a bit lost at the moment. I'd buy some new ones, but my supplier hasn't > any available. > > I know floppies are legacy, but I have an old machine with my smoothwall > firewall on it, and it can't boot from cdrom, so I need to remake the 2 > floppies that start off the install. > > Nigel. tried mtools? dave -- "The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment." -- Herman Daly, former senior economist at the World Bank.
