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Q: acessing files on DOS diskette images



Gili Granot writes:
 > I have images of DOS diskettes that were made using dd.
 > 
 > How can I access the files on these disk images (without writiung them
 > on diskettes)?
 > I prefer to use Linux programs , but programs run through dosemu will
 > also do.
 > 

You can access these files from dosemu by adjusting the disk
parameters in your dosemu config file.  According to the docs, you
can add something like:

floppy { device "/file/which/is/a/copy/of/a/floppy" }

Then dosemu will access the file as if it is a floppy disk.  You
should be able to read and write to it.

The floppy directive takes additional args (between the curly
brackets), which will be necessary when using a file as a floppy.  The
relevant args are "threeinch", and "fiveinch", which do the obvious
things, and Sectors COUNT, Heads COUNT, and Cylinders COUNT, if the
disk file is in an exotic format.

Check the dosemu docs for details...

Good luck,

Dr. Harvey J. Stein
Berger Financial Research
abel@netvision.net.il (temporary address)