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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!newshost.lanl.gov!demos.lanl.gov!jxg From: jxg@demos.lanl.gov () Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: Sun computers and Floppy Disks Date: 8 Apr 1994 00:20:22 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2o2806$r7k@newshost.lanl.gov> Reply-To: jxg@demos.lanl.gov () NNTP-Posting-Host: nash.lanl.gov I discovered something really cool yesterday that some people might not have realized (I didn't for a year and a half of using *bsd). The SunOS program fdformat and tar appear to be compatible with FreeBSD 1.0.2. This is not surprising now that I think about it, but before yesterday I had never thought about it. I always used to use the klunky DOS format to sneaker net files around, as I knew it was compatible. john