Need to copy file from floppy to hard disk using Knoppix

superdave1984 · 02-26-2008, 05:02 PM

Or Austrumi. I have a corrupt file on a Win2K server, keeps the server from booting. I have the file on a floppy and can boot to Knoppix or Austrumi. But I don't know how to get the file off the floppy to the c drive. And I don't have a copy of Win2K server for a repair install. HELP!!!

horndude · 02-26-2008, 05:30 PM

mkdir /home/temp
mount /dev/hda1 /home/temp
mount /dev/fd0 /tmp
cd /tmp
ls
cp <file> /home/temp/? wherever it needs to go
unmount /dev/fd0
unmount /dev/hda1
reboot

be careful, writing to NTFS is risky

superdave1984 · 02-26-2008, 07:18 PM

Thanks for the info. Austrumi didn't recognize unmount as a valid command. Dunno if that's why it didn't work or not. The rest seemed like it went fine. Still won't boot however.

horndude · 02-26-2008, 08:09 PM

try umount

won't change whether or not it works though, just unmounts the drives as a precaution before you leave so they don't get written to after your done

the bootup sequence for windows past win98 isn't something I kept up with, I have a feeling just replacing a file that it says is missing will work, it probably has other issues as well

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