hi,

> how do I copy a floppy disk to my hard drive?

if you want to make an image of the disk, do

'dd if=/dev/rfd0a of=/path/to/file'

if you want to copy one or more files from the floppy to HD, best is to 
mount the floppy [please see 'man mount' for the several options of 
mount(8)]

HTH

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