[KLUG Members] making floppy img file

[Bruce Smith]

> Did I miss something here? If the file system your making on the floppy is
> msdos, why not use a preformatted floppy and use mcopy filename a:, carry
> disk to other computer, mcopy a:. destination. No formatting, no mounting,
> no umounting.

I don't know exactly what Tony is doing, but there are a lot of good
reasons to create a floppy image on your hard drive.

One reason is to duplicate a large number of identical floppies.  You
can create the image on your hard drive, then "dd" it to blank floppies
to create as many copies as you like.

One other use I have is VMware.  I run one program that needs to store
some data on a floppy.  You can point VMware's floppy device to /dev/fd0
OR you can point it to an pre-created floppy image file.  Guess which
one is a _LOT_ faster and more reliable?  :-)

 - BS