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| - | ====== X68000 - Writing 5.25" Floppies in Linux ====== | + | ====== |
| The Sharp X68000 has two 1.2MB 5.25" floppy drives (except the Compact models, which have far more common 3.5" drives... though virtually no software was released on that format!), so getting a PC with an equivalent drive is the easiest way of getting software or an OS onto them. | The Sharp X68000 has two 1.2MB 5.25" floppy drives (except the Compact models, which have far more common 3.5" drives... though virtually no software was released on that format!), so getting a PC with an equivalent drive is the easiest way of getting software or an OS onto them. | ||
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| You need a package of tools called `fdutils` installing, this includes things like ' | You need a package of tools called `fdutils` installing, this includes things like ' | ||
| - | <konsole root> | + | <code> |
| $ apt-get install fdutils | $ apt-get install fdutils | ||
| The following packages will be INSTALLED: | The following packages will be INSTALLED: | ||
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| / | / | ||
| $ | $ | ||
| - | </konsole> | + | </code> |
| ==== Using fdutils ==== | ==== Using fdutils ==== | ||
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| Run it as | Run it as | ||
| - | <konsole> | + | <code> |
| $ sudo setx68flop on fd1 | $ sudo setx68flop on fd1 | ||
| [sudo] password for user: | [sudo] password for user: | ||
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| Verifying ... done | Verifying ... done | ||
| $ | $ | ||
| - | </konsole> | + | </code> |
| Then write your disk image using //dd//: | Then write your disk image using //dd//: | ||
| - | <konsole> | + | <code> |
| $ sudo dd if=Phalanx_disk1.xdf of=/dev/fd1 | $ sudo dd if=Phalanx_disk1.xdf of=/dev/fd1 | ||
| [sudo] password for user: | [sudo] password for user: | ||
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| 1261568 bytes (1.3 MB, 1.2 MiB) copied, 81.9835 s, 15.4 kB/s | 1261568 bytes (1.3 MB, 1.2 MiB) copied, 81.9835 s, 15.4 kB/s | ||
| $ | $ | ||
| - | </konsole> | + | </code> |
| Then after you are done, clear the floppy settings so that your floppy drive goes back to normal IBM/PC 1.2MB format: | Then after you are done, clear the floppy settings so that your floppy drive goes back to normal IBM/PC 1.2MB format: | ||
| - | <konsole> | + | <code> |
| $ sudo setx68flop off fd1 | $ sudo setx68flop off fd1 | ||
| [sudo] password for user: | [sudo] password for user: | ||
| $ | $ | ||
| - | </konsole> | + | </code> |