Floppy disk emulator?

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by Stefan Lasiewski, Dec 23, 2009.

  1. Stefan Lasiewski

    Stefan Lasiewski Bit poster

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    Hey Gang,

    I'm using Parallels to test the installation process for Linux systems (known as 'kickstart') and FreeBSD. For these tests, I am using a floppy disk.

    However, a real floppy disk is slow and can be a bit tedious. Does anyone have any recommendations for a Floppy disk emulator, or a floppy disk image builder? Apple Disk Tools doesn't seem to have this sort of functionality. I've searched on Google, but I haven't found many good tools to do this.

    Since I'm sure there are other people in the same boat, I thought I would ask here.

    I appreciate any help.

    -= Stefan
     
  2. Elric

    Elric Parallels Team

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    Once you are booted to Linux and VM has this floppy disk connected, it should be possible to create a disk image using just linux-commands without third-party program:

    from http://untitledfinale.wordpress.com...unt-and-copy-floppy-disks-images-under-linux/
     

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