Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Wednesday, 2017-12-13 at 14:47 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
My desktop machine has a floppy drive, I installed it just in case I want to inspect and retrieve some data from old floppies I have.
I still have some old backups made in floppies which I wish to retrieve one day.
I would make dd copies of those whilst you can - floppy disks don't last.
That's my intention.
These are good quality disks, not the filth they sold on later days. I tried a decade ago and they were good.
dd is no good with them, they have to be restored with proprietary software (PC tools backup) in a suitable machine. Which is why it is such a nuisance that I balkout at the idea.
dd would be fine for creating the binary sector-by-sector copy that will outlive the floppy itself. What you need to actually read your backup is a different matter. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.7°C) http://www.cloudsuisse.com/ - your owncloud, hosted in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org