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> I can't copy a two megabyte file from a floppy 
> drive to my ramdrive because my floppy drive 
> holds only up to 1.44 megabytes of data.

I suggest you use 'split' to get the file in small
enough chunks to fit on floppies.  Then reassemble
them in your DOS HD partition (using copy with the
binary switch)

> I have heard that there is a way to format a floppy 
> drive for linux so that it can hold a lot more data 
> than just 1.44 M.

Not a lot more.  Common formats are 1.68mb, 1.722mb
and 1.743mb (I think the BL2 ramdisk might even have 
/dev entries for those formats).  Use the superformat
command (/slakware/a5/floppy.tgz) to get those formats
(and others).  However, expect more errors when you 
increase the capacity (especially if you use those
floppies on different drives).

> I haven't yet learned how to copy stuff from my hard 
> drive to my ramdrive.  

Have you mounted your harddrive?

> I sure don't want to mess up my hard drive.

Indeed.  Perhaps, if you want to experiment, try 
mounting a floppy.
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mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
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Cheers,
Steven