Hi all... I really messed up today! I took a file off of my wife's DOS machine and deleted it at the same time. When I tried to put it on her new LINUX machine it gave me an I/O error. The diskette is 1.44mb and is dos16 file system. I can mount it and it will tell me what file is on the diskette. But when I try to read it or move it I get the I/O error. Is there anyway I can save at least some of this file? THANKS! -- Jim Hatridge Proud Linux User #88484 Owner -- beowulf-newbie list I didn't vote for his daddy either! Libertarian Party www.lp.org "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." ~~ The Dalai Lama, May 15, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------- BayerWulf Jim's Beowulf Project Looking for giveaway computers and parts Email Jim for details on how you can help build a poor man's super computer.
On 22 Jun 2001 11:28:34 -0400, James "Jim" Hatridge wrote:
I really messed up today! I took a file off of my wife's DOS machine and
deleted it at the same time. When I tried to put it on her new LINUX machine it gave me an I/O error.
The diskette is 1.44mb and is dos16 file system. I can mount it and it will tell me what file is on the diskette. But when I try to read it or move it I get the I/O error.
Is there anyway I can save at least some of this file?
If you have the mtools package installed, you probably can. Try "mdir a:" to see if you get a directory listing. If so, you can use "mcopy a:<filename> ." to get it. If that doesn't work, you can try copying it with 'dd'. Something like "dd if=/dev/fd0 of=<newfilename>" should work. It's dicey, though, depending on what type of file you're trying to get; a simple text file will probably be okay, but anything more complex might not. dano
From Daniel Prosser to SuSE Linux List about Re: [SLE] I/O ERROR -- HELP!:
On 22 Jun 2001 11:28:34 -0400, James "Jim" Hatridge wrote:
I really messed up today! I took a file off of my wife's DOS machine and
deleted it at the same time. When I tried to put it on her new LINUX machine it gave me an I/O error.
The diskette is 1.44mb and is dos16 file system. I can mount it and it will tell me what file is on the diskette. But when I try to read it or move it I get the I/O error.
Is there anyway I can save at least some of this file?
If you have the mtools package installed, you probably can. Try "mdir a:" to see if you get a directory listing. If so, you can use "mcopy a:<filename> ." to get it.
If that doesn't work, you can try copying it with 'dd'. Something like "dd if=/dev/fd0 of=<newfilename>" should work. It's dicey, though,
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=<newfilename> noerror #might even be more useful
depending on what type of file you're trying to get; a simple text file will probably be okay, but anything more complex might not.
dano
-- dieter
Hi All....
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=<newfilename> noerror #might even be more useful
Adding the "noerror" to it HELPED! Instead of getting just the single file I got everything on the diskette. But now I can go thru it and pull out her file. THANKS! -- Jim Hatridge Proud Linux User #88484 Owner -- beowulf-newbie list I didn't vote for his daddy either! Libertarian Party www.lp.org "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." ~~ The Dalai Lama, May 15, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------- BayerWulf Jim's Beowulf Project Looking for giveaway computers and parts Email Jim for details on how you can help build a poor man's super computer.
I don't know about the diskette, but if the DOS machine really is a DOS machine (as opposed to windows), then there are any number of undelete programs that work very well. Look for an old Norton utilities e.g. Regards Anders On Friday 22 June 2001 17:28, James "Jim" Hatridge wrote:
Hi all...
I really messed up today! I took a file off of my wife's DOS machine and deleted it at the same time. When I tried to put it on her new LINUX machine it gave me an I/O error.
The diskette is 1.44mb and is dos16 file system. I can mount it and it will tell me what file is on the diskette. But when I try to read it or move it I get the I/O error.
Is there anyway I can save at least some of this file?
THANKS!
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Only problem with an undelete program, if its not on the computer already, it may overwrite the deleted file when you install it. Try this mount: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt it works on mine. Chris Geske email: geskec@newnorth.net phone: 715-478-2777 www: jamroom.org -----Original Message----- From: Anders Johansson [mailto:andjoh@cicada.linux-site.net] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:43 PM To: James Jim Hatridge; SuSE Mailing List Subject: Re: [SLE] I/O ERROR -- HELP! I don't know about the diskette, but if the DOS machine really is a DOS machine (as opposed to windows), then there are any number of undelete programs that work very well. Look for an old Norton utilities e.g. Regards Anders
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Anders Johansson wrote:
I don't know about the diskette, but if the DOS machine really is a DOS machine (as opposed to windows), then there are any number of undelete programs that work very well. Look for an old Norton utilities e.g.
_______________________ ~ is there any mileage, in putting the dos disk in a Linux machine ~ the, doing a <dd> of the image, then e-mailing that image back to the puter with the floppy drive, which may have slightly off-track read/write heads ? -- best wishes --- ____________ sent on Linux ____________
Try to read it on the DOS machine. Sometimes the mechanics of the floppy
drive are slightly off on one machine and this causes the floppy to be
unreadable on another.
Avi
--On Friday, June 22, 2001 17:28:34 +0200 James Jim Hatridge
Hi all...
I really messed up today! I took a file off of my wife's DOS machine and deleted it at the same time. When I tried to put it on her new LINUX machine it gave me an I/O error.
The diskette is 1.44mb and is dos16 file system. I can mount it and it will tell me what file is on the diskette. But when I try to read it or move it I get the I/O error.
Is there anyway I can save at least some of this file?
THANKS!
-- Jim Hatridge Proud Linux User #88484 Owner -- beowulf-newbie list
I didn't vote for his daddy either! Libertarian Party www.lp.org
"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." ~~ The Dalai Lama, May 15, 2001
------------------------------------------------------- BayerWulf Jim's Beowulf Project Looking for giveaway computers and parts Email Jim for details on how you can help build a poor man's super computer.
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