From: mj@dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Martin Junius) Subject: Re: Aachen binaries now at rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 08:59:04 GMT
jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle) writes:
>use tar xvMf /dev/[at0 | PS0] - tar will then treat them as a multi-volume
>tar achive. Unfortunately, if, like me, you only have a 1.44 3.5" floppy,
>you will need to do a "mknod /dev/PS0 b ?? ??" (I don't recall the major
>and minor numbers for a 1.44MB 3.5 A: off hand) as the PS0 which comes
>installed didn't work (for me at least).
tar -xvpM -f /dev/PS0 -L 1200
should work with 1.44 M floppy disks.
> I was able to untar all of the
>disks (don't mount them first!), however, I lost all three files which
>were part on one disk and part on another. I also routinely get error
>messages when linux tries to read the end of the disk - I'm not sure
>why. Doesn't seem to interfere with the installation much, though.
This is due to the read ahead bug in the LINUX kernel and doesn't
indicate any damage.
Martin
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