From: rafal@utstat.uucp (Rafal Kustra (summer student)) Subject: Re: Writing Linux disks on Sun Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 01:29:26 GMT
In article <ucosmo.718399359@mcl> ucosmo@mcl.ucsb.edu (Boris Burtin) writes:
>I was just curious if someone had a solution to this problem. It seems that
>you can only write DOS disks on a Sun Sparc if you are root and can mount a
>DOS floppy. Does someone have an alternate solution? Linux can't read a
>disk tarred on a Sun, can it?
>
>--
> - Boris
>(cosmo@cs.ucsb.edu)
Yes, it can. At least that is the way I have been gettin
almost all my files: ftp'ed them to Sun then tar them on
floppy, untar them on PC. You should have no problems.
Our floppy drive is 3.5 inch, and has /dev/fd0 device
name.
Rafal
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