From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 6/20/24 12:15 AM, Marco Moock wrote:   
   > On 19.06.2024 um 03:23 Uhr philo wrote:   
   >   
   >> I can create a floppy image by using "dd" or by using Virtual Box.   
   >>   
   >> It is impossible to write to it.   
   >>   
   >> What the heck is going on? All I get is access denied.   
   >   
   > Run   
   > ls -la    
   >   and post the content here.   
   >   
      
      
      
   Her is how I used the floppy option to transfer data to the Xenix   
   on-line virtual machine for my "aliens" game   
      
      
   So I made a file of zeros of the right size (360K - tar-file-size) with:   
   dd if=/dev/zero of=partial.img bs=1 count=327680   
      
   then cat aliens.tar partial.img >aliens.img   
      
      
      
      
      
   # mkdir /usr/games # cd /usr/games # tar -xvf /dev/fd0 # chmod +x aliens   
   # chown bin aliens # chgrp bin aliens # /usr/games/aliens   
      
      
      
   $ tar -cf a.tar aliens $ dd if=/dev/zero of=partial.img bs=1   
   count=327680 $ cat a.tar partial.img >SCO\ Xenix\ aliens.img $ tar -tvf   
   ./SCO\ Xenix\ aliens.img   
      
      
   Even though it was an img file...it was not a mountable image using Mate   
   Disk Image mounter.   
      
   That said, it worked   
      
      
   OTOH if I use Virtual Box to make a floppy image, that is something I   
   can mount. The problem is , it's impossible to write to   
      
   On my Windows machine if I use Win Image to create a floppy image, I can   
   write data to it or delete.   
      
   That is why I'm puzzled   
      
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