Re: Reading 1581 disks on Linux (again)

From: MagerValp (MagerValp_at_cling.gu.se)
Date: 2001-09-17 17:12:02

>>>>> "SJ" == Steve Judd <sjudd@ffd2.com> writes:

SJ> Hola,
SJ> I'm trying to read a 1581 disk under linux.  I've got the appropriate
SJ> entry in /etc/fdprm and have run setfdprm /dev/fd0 cbm1581, but no go --
SJ> mount /dev/fd0 says I need to specify the filesystem type, and any systems
SJ> I try (msdos, vfat, etc.) fail.

SJ> So........ how can I read a 1581 disk under Linux? :)

You can't mount it, you can only dd if=/dev/fd0 of=testdisk.d81.
Unless someone has written a 1581 filesystem driver -- there's a 1541
filesystem driver out there, maybe it can handle 1581 as well.

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