Lindy 39405 - Manual (Page 29)

5.2 Virtual Media
5.2.1 Floppy Disk
Follow the steps below to upload a virtual floppy image to the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE and
create a virtual floppy drive on the host system
Create a Floppy Image
First, on your client PC you must create an image of your floppy disk which can be uploaded to
the IP ACCESS SWITCH LITE’s built in memory.
UNIX and UNIX-like OS
To create an image file, make use of dd. This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included
in every UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Sun Solaris, Linux).
To create a floppy image file copy the contents of a floppy to a file. You can use the following
command:
dd [ if=/dev/fd0 ] [ of=/tmp/floppy.image ]
dd reads the entire disc from the device /dev/fd0 and saves the output in the specified output
file /tmp/floppy.image. Adjust both parameters exactly to your needs (input device etc.)
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