marty/util/floppy-make

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
###
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# This will create a new 1.44mb floppy disk image by default
# But you can create a disk of any size.
#
# The first argument should be the filename
# If you supply a filename, then you have to supply a disk size
# valid sizes are 360, 720, 1440.
#
# Make sure to set DISKDIR to your chosen location for blanks
#
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###
DISKDIR="/home/gmgauthier/Retro/BLANKS"
# get name of freshly created blank disk, or create one
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
echo ">>> NEW 1.44MB DISK IS BEING CREATED..."
PREFIX="floppy"
RANDO=$(od -An -N4 -i < /dev/urandom|sed 's/[ -]//g')
DISK="$PREFIX$RANDO"
dd if=/dev/zero of=$DISKDIR/$DISK.img bs=1k count=1440
else
DISK=$1
if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
echo "Second argument should be disk size in kbytes: 360, 720, 1440"
exit 1
fi
SIZE=$2
if ! [ -f $DISK.img ]; then
dd if=/dev/zero of=$DISKDIR/$DISK.img bs=1k count=$SIZE
fi
fi