On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 10:09 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:I would download the fdutils package from http://fdutils.linux.lu , try
> | From: Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> | On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:01 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> | > Unfortunately, the setfdprm command was dropped from Fedora around
> | > Fedora Core 6.
>
> | Have you tried what happens if you run Fedora Core 6 in a Virtualbox VM?
>
> No. That might or might not work, depending on how the floppy
> hardware is virtualized. On the other hand, I could just boot
> whatever Fedora I wanted on the real hardware anyway.
>
> Why was the command dropped? Would it no longer work? Is there
> another way provided to accomplish the same thing?
>
> I think SuSE dropped the command too. Debian and Ubuntu have it in the
> fdutils package.
to compile and install them, and (if that works) then see what happens.
jon
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technically, if the physical device is in your bios, you should see a /dev/floppy device .
you should be able to mount this, or just dd it to a file
dd if=/dev/floppy of=img1.img
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