Floppy disk emulator?

[Stefan Lasiewski]

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

 

[Elric]

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

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/

Create a disk image from the phisical drive:
cat /dev/fd0 > imagefile.img

Copy image to the phisical drive:
cat imagefile.img > /dev/fd0