From: satishc@microsoft.com (Satish Chittamuru) Subject: Re: More questions about rawrite Date: 2 Jun 1992 19:24:48 GMT
In article <10easaINN1uc@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> kxb@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl R. Buck) writes:
> mjm@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Mike McBain) writes:
>
> >Further to my earlier question about problems mounting a rawritten disk:
>
> >How is the hopeful system builder supposed to transfer files to a
> >hard disk for uncompression and untar-ing? Don't tell me to use
> >mtools, because that's the program I'm trying to transfer.
>
> Do: "tar cvf diskfile.tar file.tar.Z"
NO! NO! NO!
Well, yes, you could do it that way. But you don't have to.
Just rawrite the .tar.Z file to disk.
Then on the Linux machine use the z option while untarring.
tar xvzf /dev/at0 (or whatever device you are using).
It will untar just fine. The extra tar step and the double untar
required to get it out is not really necessary. I do it all the
time and I know for a fact that it works.
> Then rawrite the file to the disk. Now since the file is in tar format
> jut take it to the destination machine and type:
>
> "tar xvf /dev/at0"
>
> This is of course assuming you have a 5.25" HD drive.
> --
> Karl Buck
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