Re: [sleuthkit-users] Re: sleuthkit-users digest, Vol 1 #293 - 5 msgs

[Seth A. <sa...@im...>]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 12:31:14PM +0530, Pradeep M wrote:
>         The floppy is not physically damaged. It shows me the
> following error when mounting the floppy :
>=20
> mount /mnt/floppy/
> /dev/fd0: Input/output error
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type

Input/output error sure sounds like a damaged floppy. A few years ago, I
used around 50 brand new floppies and found roughly 10% were dead brand
new in the box. Appearance isn't everything. :)

>        enda : Thanks for ur help. I am new to linux and i dont know
> most of the commands.
> So pls give me the complete command for the following suggestion u gave me
>=20
>             when dd'ing a floppy, try using bs=3D1 and conv=3Dnoerror,
> then mounting the
>             image under loopback.

dd if=3D/dev/fd0 of=3D/path/to/wherever/you/want/the/floppy/image bs=3D1 co=
nv=3Dnoerror
mount -o loop /path/to/wherever/you/want/the/floppy/image /mnt/floppy