Thanks for the ideas. The file is about 6megs, I have no network support, no man files. I am not that robust when it comes to the command prompt. I did manage to get tar to split the files to multiple disks. using tar -c6 PART the 6 sent it to the floppy drive. Kinda hard when I was on site with no manuals or anthing. I have 7 discs that I can't read in any OS and the server is now 100 miles away. I will be back there tomorrow but I need to know if I can read the discs or try somthing different. Thanks 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. > > I'm assuming your files are small enough to fit on > a single floppy? > > > Write to floppy: > > tar czvf - <path> | dd of=/dev/rfd0xx > > Read from floppy: > > cd <path> > dd if=/dev/rfd0xx | tar xzvf - > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >