Converting NEC PC98 .FDD files to Sector Dumps (*.RAW) for Linux's dd command

[ldkraemer]

I found eight Ms-Dos6.2_DISK_{1..8}.fdd images on the Internet and wanted to convert the *.fdd files to *.RAW
so I could write those Sector Dumps to floppy using Debian Linux's dd. Google searches didn't find any software
that could convert the multiple formats that were available with the NEC Computers. Those formats are:

.hdm  .iso  .dcp  .dcu  .dim  .nhd  .d88  .fdd  .fdi  .hdi  .dip  .nfd  .fim

I finally searched GITHUB & GITLAB and located 98ripper on GITLAB.

$ ./98ripper

98ripper - version 6 - Rip files from PC-98 disk images

Usage: 98ripper [options] <image files...>
       98ripper -r [options] <directory>

Options:
  -o --output=<path>   Set the output path, default=<working directory>
                       Ripped images automatically go into unique subfolders.
  -i --id              Identify image type and data errors without extracting
  -l --list            List image contents without extracting
  -d --dump            Dump raw image without extracting
  -r --recursive       Rip everything under input folder and its subfolders
  -u --undelete        Try to dump deleted files too
  -t --table=<index>   Select file table to use, default=0
  -f --filter=<text>   Only list/extract files matching this, wildcards *?
  -v --verbose         Verbose output

Supported formats:
  fat12  fat16  fat8  makodos  elfdos
  .hdm  .iso  .dcp  .dcu  .dim  .nhd  .d88  .fdd  .fdi  .hdi  .dip  .nfd  .fim

It worked PERFECT to create the *.RAW (dump) files.

I have them attached.


Larry

 

[tingo]

link to 98ripper https://gitlab.com/bunnylin/98ripper