Messages in this thread |  | | From | Oleg Kibirev <> | Subject | Re: Can Linux read DMF format floppies? | Date | Tue, 20 Aug 1996 19:28:00 -0700 (PDT) |
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> Can Linux read DMF format floppies? DMF is Microsoft's "Distribution Media > Format". Some of the applications they make are distributed in this floppy > format. I don't know the exact geometry of these floppies. I've been > told it's something like 21 instead of 18 sectors per track. Does anyone > know where I can find a spec for DMF?
> Thanks, > Ron
> PS. Yes, I've looked at floppy.c in the kernel source...
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Yeah, Linux can read these floppies. You may need to access /dev/fd0H1740 instead of /dev/fd0 and format them with superformat from the lastest fdutils.
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