From: peterw@archsci.arch.su.oz.au (Peter Williams ) Subject: Re: Writing Linux disks on Sun Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 02:04:06 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. I routinely transfer data between a SUN Sparc and my linux machine
by tarring onto 3.5" floppies.
I have also transferred data using the DOS file system capability of the 3.5"
drive on the SUN. This method is an order of magnitude slower than tarring as
the SUN's read/write to DOS floppies is very slow (nearly 1/2 hour for one full
floppy).
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