PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > How reliable is this capability? > > Should I try to identify the filesystem as hfs vs. hfs+ before > trying to mount it? I have no information. > Will "mount -t hfs" damage hfs+ and conversely? > Thanks for any tips, ... Peter E. Hint 1: Add "-o ro" to the options list to mount it read-only. Then there shouldn't be any danger of modifying the disk. mount -o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt Hint 2: Make a bit copy of the disk to a file and then mount the file. Again, this should completely avoid any write to the floppy and therefore be safe working with the data. dd of=/dev/fd0 of=fd.image.raw bs=8k ...remove the floppy from the drive...put in safe place... mount -o loop,ro $PWD/fd.image.raw /mnt I am not sure what the optimal blocksize would be for the dd command for reading the old floppy. Bob
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