On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 17:04 -0800, Raymond Lillard wrote:
Mace Eliason wrote:
Hi,
I am working on a project where I have to move some parts files from an old Unix server. I have tared the files to floppy disc, but I can't mount them.
forget the filesystem. Use the dd command. all block devices can also be accessed as char devices in Unix.
Don't need dd. The nature of *IX file systems is that raw file system access is "automatic" just by requesting it.
I'm assuming your files are small enough to fit on a single floppy?
Write to floppy:
tar czvf - <path> | dd of=/dev/rfd0xx
s/ | dd //
Older unix systems may not have gzip/bzip and if they do, may not have it callable from tar. Might need to use it in a pipeline.
Read from floppy:
cd <path> dd if=/dev/rfd0xx | tar xzvf -
tar -xzvf /dev/rfd0xx
Note: You will need to determine the correct device names. I have written this off the top of my head, and I haven't used a floppy in quite a while.
Ray
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