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[tomas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (S.Toms)]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, S.Toms wrote:

st> On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Jon Pennington wrote:
st> 
st> function diskcopy {
st>   DEST1=${1-0}
st>   DEST2=${2-$DEST1}

  You don't need this line or the closing 'fi' line toward the bottom
st>   if [ -n "$DEST1" ]; then

st>     echo diskcopy: insert 1st floppy into drive fd$DEST1
st>     if [ "$DEST1" != "$DEST2" ]; then
st>       echo diskcopy: insert 2nd floppy into drive fd$DEST2
st>       echo           contents of fd$DEST2 will be destroyed
st>       echo "  < press any key >"
st>       dd if=/dev/fd$DEST1 of=/dev/fd$DEST2
st>     else
st>       echo "  < press any key >"
st>       read keypress
st>       dd if=/dev/fd$DEST1 of=/tmp/floppy.img
st>       echo diskcopy: insert 2nd floppy into drive fd$DEST2
st>       echo           contents of fd$DEST2 will be destroyed
st>       echo "  < press any key >"
st>       read keypress
st>       dd if=/tmp/floppy.img of=/dev/fd$DEST2
st>       rm -f /tmp/floppy.img
st>     fi

  this line.
st>   fi

st> }
st> 

  Was originally going to set it up with a usage reply when no parameters
are supplied, then changed my mind. A usage reply would benefit from those
two lines.

st>   Or convert it to a seperate shell routine if you like. For those of you
st> who don't know what it does, it will take from 0 to 2 parameters, you can
st> either run diskcopy which, will default to fd0 or you can select your
st> drives on the command line by entering the drives numerical value, (0 for
st> fd0, 1 for fd1, etc..)
st>   ie: diskcopy       (copies fd0 to fd0)
st>       diskcopy 0     (copies fd0 to fd0)
st>       diskcopy 0 2   (copies fd0 to fd2)
st>       diskcopy 2 0   (copies fd2 to fd0)
st>       etc..
st> 
st>   Anyway, I was board at the moment, so I quickly wrote it up and tested
st> it.
st> 
st> jp> (--or--)
st> jp> 
st> jp> <with CD1 inserted and mounted and a floppy inserted>
st> jp> # dd if=/cdrom/disks/bootdisk of=/dev/fd0
st> jp> 
st> jp> The /disks directory on CD1 has a lot of usefull stuff in there...check the
st> jp> SuSE manual for more.
st> jp> 
st> jp> 
st> 
st> 


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