Re: Copying a file from a floppy (diff formats)?
--- disciple <disciple@exis.net> wrote:
> it in debian which showed it as .gz.
It's probably a tar and a gzipped image. The "file" command can help you
there.
> Since I can see the file in debian, I should be able to extract and
> install.... right? How do I get the file from the floppy disk to the
> hard drive on my debian box?
mount /dev/fd0 /floppy
cp ./foo.tar.gz /tmp
cd /tmp && tar xzvf ./foo.tar.gz
(adapt as appropriate)
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