Archiving MFM and RLL drives (Was: Re: Default password for Pick system on an AT?)

[Richard Beaudry]

>> One concern is that I did NOT get any install disks or docs, and the
>> hard drive this is on is an ancient one, making funny noises....
>> Hopefully it'll last a little while....
>
>I assume it's an MFM or RLL hard drive?  It'll be a little but of work,
>but if you have a suitable Linux box handy you should install an MFM/RLL
>controller and find a duplicate of the drive installed in the Pick box
>(that might be difficult as well) and run dd to duplicate it to the
>second.

It is either an MFM or RLL drive.  I haven't pulled the drive or
cleaned the dust to verify which.  According to the sticker someone
taped in to the front of the drive, it is a 15MB (FULL height, 5.25"),
type 2 in the AT setup (I've no idea what cyls/heads/secs that refers
to, so I'll have to pull the drive and hope it is labeled).

Heresy, I know, but I don't have a Linux box :-)...  Also, please
don't tell me "you ought to set one up" ... I don't wish to fan
advocacy flames, so let's just drop it there.

Would something like Ghost work?  I've never tried it on small, old drives.  

I do have a DOS box (p-133), so if there's some DOS/WIN 3.1 utility to
do the same thing, I could use that ....

I'll see if I can dig anything up on my end, and I might just give
Ghost a try ... meantime, if anyone knows of another DOS/WIN31 way to
make a drive image of an old MFM/RLL drive, I'm all ears.

Rich B.