Debian has a 'cpmtools' package which is described as allowing CP/M filesystem access. I do not know if it supports control of the floppy disk drive to read the CP/M way the iron oxide.
A Google search also turned up some articles about the subject, I did not read them. On Wed, 2021-12-22 at 21:56 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyone have any ideas how to read (and obviously back up) my CPM 5.25 > diskettes left over from my Kaypro 2x CPM machine used 1984-1987? > Somewhere I have a normal IBM PC compatible 5.25 drive, but CPM > floppies had different formatting, I think both in software and in > the > iron oxide. > > I'm thinking if I can ddrescue these things to a file, and loop-mount > them using some sort of CPM format (didn't the mount command used to > be > able to do that?), maybe I could get the info into a file > representation instead of a drive representation. -- "Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man." - Walter E. Williams My own blog is at https://tddpirate.zak.co.il/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at https://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
