KryoFlux

File Format
Name	KryoFlux
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Disk Image Formats KryoFlux
Extension(s)	.raw
PRONOM	fmt/655, fmt/656

KryoFlux is a device that makes low-level images of floppy disks, suitable for forensics or digital preservation. Among other formats, it has an associated KryoFlux Stream Protocol format, which apparently may be recorded to .raw files.

See also IPF.

Identification

A KryoFlux dump file likely begins with 0d 04, indicating an "OOB" block of type "KFInfo" (HW information).

The ASCII string "KryoFlux DiskSystem" often appears at offset 54.

Specifications

• KryoFlux Documentation → Stream Protocol Documentation

Sample files

Note that KryoFlux dump files may be very large.

• Internet Archive search for "KryoFlux dumps" ...
  • Examples: [1], [2], [3] → KryoFlux_dump*.zip

Links

• KryoFlux website
• Wikipedia: KryoFlux
• Series of articles about using KryoFlux:
  • Project Kryoflux – Part 1: The Board and Associated Hardware
  • Project Kryoflux – Part 2: Why Bother with it?
  • Project Kryoflux – Part 3: Recovery in Practice
  • Project Kryoflux – Part 4: The Hidden Secrets
  • Project Kryoflux – Part 5: Making use of the Images