On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 17:45 -0700, 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.
Wait a minute. Ignore my last post. If you copied the tar file to a sysv filesystem on a mounted floppy, that is not the best way.
Just take a floppy (after backing up the directory just in case) and do:
# tar cvf /dev/rfd0135ds18 path_to_a_directory
And the directory and its files will be sent to a raw archive on the floppy. No filesystem involved.
You should be able to retrieve them under Centos with:
tar xvf /dev/floppy
If you need to compress the archive:
# tar cvf - path_to_directory | compress > /dev/rfd0135ds18
and then extract with:
# tar zxvf /dev/floppy.
(I think gzip will recognize the old compress format.)
-Steve