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Subject: Re: doswrite command
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On 2000-09-23 forddavi@msu.edu said:
   >doswrite seems to fail on me for some reason.
   >floppy is not write protected.
   >floppy has been DOS formatted.
   >i can do dosread /dev/fd0 filename and read a file successfully
   >when i do:
   >doswrite /dev/fd0 newfilename
   >floppy light goes on for a few seconds, then off...and the process
   >just hangs there.  it doesn't write my file.
   >any ideas?
Try this:
doswrite /dev/fd0 newfilename < minixfilename

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