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[(Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13-Nov-05 James Knott wrote:
> Lonn Dugan wrote:
>> Problem is no Unix/Linux on any box in the house. Want to consolidate
>> massive clutter of unix floppies -- very old stuff (1985 through
>> 1995).
>> Don't want to have that chore not yet done when I dive into Linux in
>> November or early December.
> 
> 1) Find out what format is used on those floppies.
> 2) If the format is supported in Linux, you may be able to use one of
> those "Live" linux CDs to copy the data.

That's a good line of thought! And it suggests another:

1. Go to http://www.toms.net/rb/

2. Click on "Read the FAQ" and note especially Section (5):
   "DOS installation"

3. Back up, then click on "Download tomsrtbt here",
   choose a mirror (say Tux.org) and get

     tomsrtbt-2.0.103.dos.zip

4. Then follow the instructions you noted at (2), and you should
   end up with a floppy containing a pretty comprehensive "Linux
   on a floppy".

5. Boot your Win machine from this floppy (a few simple choices
   to make as it boots).

6. Then, mount your Win drive onto this Linux, and -- provided
   the filesystem in your floppies is supported by this Linux --
   you should just be able to 'cp' the files into a Win directory.

7. Failing that, you can certainly 'dd' a whole floppy into a
   single file in the Win directory, which is at least one way
   of archiving them until you can handle them properly later.

Good luck!
Ted.


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