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- From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
- Subject: Re: VMDISK image back into a floppy?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.001902.3256@netcom.com>
- Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
- References: <Richard.Solomon.26.721577747@ColoSpgs.NCR.COM>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 00:19:02 GMT
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- Richard.Solomon@ColoSpgs.NCR.COM (Richard Solomon) writes:
-
- >While hacking around with my DOS 5.00 VDM the other day, I accidentally
- >hosed my CONFIG.SYS so the VDM won't boot. Now I'd like to be able to take
- >the disk image created by VMDISK and turn in back into a floppy so I can get
- >things running again!
-
- >I tried LOADDSKF just for grins, but it of course complains about file
- >format (Hey it was a long shot). Does anyone know how to turn that VMDISK
- >image back into a floppy? or failing that, any other way to access the
- >image as a file system?
-
- Funny you should ask, since I was wondering the same thing yesterday.
- If you have the MKS dd program, try the command
- dd ifs=[image file name] ofs=a: bs=18b count=160
- That command will copy the binary file image to the floppy and, if
- the image file really is, make it possible for you to edit the floppy
- copy of config.sys. I haven't tried this myself yet.
- --
- Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
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