<h1>Archiving Floppy Disks</h1>

<h2>Summary</h2>

<p>This show describes how I go about archiving old floppy
disks. These disks date back to the early 90s when floppy disks were a
common way of installing software on personal computers. They were
also used as a portable storage mechanism for data files.</p>

<h2>Equipment That I'm Using</h2>

<ul>
<li>IBM ThinkCentre desktop computer with a 3.5in floppy disk drive</li>
<li>Installed the 32-bit version of Slackware 14.2</li>
</ul>

<h2>Making an image of an entire floppy disk</h2>
<code>dd if=/dev/fd0 of=filename.dsk</code>

<h2>Making a floppy disk from a disk image</h2>
<code>dd if=filename.dsk of=/dev/fd0</code>

<h2>Copy files from a floppy disk</h2>
<code>
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy<br>
cd /mnt/floppy<br>
cp filename /some/destination/path/filename<br>
cd<br>
umount /mnt/floppy
</code>

