Floppy Image Files

[Ravnos]

Ok, I have a few old games on floppy images that I'd like to extract since I don't have a floppy drive on this computer. I tried Googling it, but it gave me a bunch of Windows apps. How can this be done in Linux? I'm guessing it will use the mount command, but I'm not sure what parameters to specify. Suggestions?

 

[dioxide]

What do you mean by floppy images, what file extention is it? Ive never seen an image for something thats 1.44MB.

 

[Ravnos]

The extension is .IMA, and yes, it is an image for a 3.5" floppy. I know, it sounds insane, but there it is.

 

[Titcher]

Try looking for some virtual floppy drive software.

 

[Ravnos]

Thanks, that got me pointed in the right direction. A quick Google after that helped me find what I was looking for.

In case anyone else is interested, the command I used was:
mount -t vfat -o loop=/dev/loop0 /path/to/image.IMA /mnt/temp

 

[Axeman]

Floppy images are very popular for things such as Amiga emulators and suchlike...