Subject: No subject found in mail header Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1991 14:19:23 -0500 From: Robert Lund <rml@bighorn.uswest.com>
Hello,
I have installed Linux 0.10 using the minix demo to build the root
file system on a hd partition. I couldn't figure out how to use the
mtools commands to get gccbin, utils, etc. from DOS to linux but I did
discover an alternate approach that might prove useful to others.
I happen to have a 1.44 drive as my A drive so ubder linux I did
mknod /dev/PS0 B 2 28
Next, I formated a 1.44 floppy under DOS.
Then, I uncompressed the tar files that I wanted to get from DOS to linux
(I actually uncompressed under UNIX but I assume that a 16 bit uncompress
utility under DOS would work).
Then, I used the rawrite command available with the minix demo to dump a tar
file, e.g. gccbin.tar, to the 1.44 floppy in the A drive (back under DOS
again)
Next, I booted Linux and did
tar -xvf /dev/PS0
and lo and behold, it worked; tar read the raw device and
successfully extracted the files.
Hope this helps someone.
Bob Lund