![]() ![]() If the image is wrapped in BinHex, we can use The Unarchiver's unar/ lsar to unpack the file. We'll address that first since it's far more common. sea self-extracting disk image, possibly with a BinHex (. It will be either a Disk Copy image (819284 bytes) or a. However, if the image you are using comes from Apple, it will not be raw. Just fdformat the floppy device for 1.44MiB as you would for any other DOS/Windows/Linux machine and write the image using a command like, dd bs=512 if=floppy_image.img of=/dev/floppy ![]() If the image you're using is a raw image (819200 bytes exactly, often used by emulators, that's easy. Where VOLNAME is the name of the floppy when mounted and is displayed when listing files on it using the DIR command.Here's what I've been able to determine: A short filesystem on a floppy should work fine, as long as the blocks are in the right order. If you want to change this you’ll need to reformat the drive (which will delete all data so back it up first!).įormatting the diskette image from the DOS prompt: \DOS\FORMAT A: /V:VOLNAME Note: the name of the floppy image is the name of the disk volume from when the floppy image was created. When finished just Eject it like any normal removable drive in the Finder. To mount it, open Disk Utilityįile, Open Disk Image, Select the file you created above.Īdd or remove files to/from the floppy disk image using the Finder. This diskette can be formatted in the guest operating system or on your Mac and files can be copied to it and removed from it once it’s mounted. Appendix B: Creating Floppy Disk Image Files (MacOS) Creating Floppy Disk ImagesĬreate a 1.44MB 3.5” floppy image dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 count=2880 of=floppy.imgĬreate a 720KB 3.5” floppy image dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 count=1440 of=floppy.img ![]()
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