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   Grant Taylor to philo   
   Re: floppy image   
   20 Jun 24 14:08:51   
   
   From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 6/20/24 13:58, philo wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   It seems to me like you may have multiple things working against you.   
      
   My experience has been that VirtualBox (along with some other   
   hypervisors) want to be able to understand what's on the disk (image).   
   Meaning you can't just use them as a raw storage device holding   
   whatever.  You need to use a file system that VirtualBox understands.   
      
   The next issue you'll likely run into is that the software inside of the   
   VM may not know how to work with that same format.  --  I wouldn't bet a   
   gas station cup of coffee that Xenix would understand a FAT-12 file   
   system used on DOS (compatible OS) floppy disks.   
      
      
      
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   Grant. . . .   
      
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