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.
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Then I should be able to use
# mount -t sysv /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
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Thanks
Scandog
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I can't answer your question, but I would like to suggest an alternative that might be less work. Use cpio to make on output file and compress it onto floppy using the compress command, which I have checked also exists on CentOS (I *presume that your old UNIX doesn't have {b,g}zip. I see a reference also to pack, but it seems to be only man pages. Both of these compressions programs are very old and should be on your system.
Regardless, fewer floppies will be needed, no kernel recomp or such and all your risk is some minor attribute/time-stamp issues at worst.
Take a look at the man pages for cpio. You can also use tar for this, although I really prefer cpio and always have.
HTH Bill