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From: mikey@math.enmu.edu (Mike Blandford, EES-5)
Subject: Re: Sun computers and Floppy Disks
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Message-ID: <1994Apr8.153428.27771@math.enmu.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 15:34:28 GMT
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References: <2o2806$r7k@newshost.lanl.gov>
Organization: Mathematical Sciences Department
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In article r7k@newshost.lanl.gov, jxg@demos.lanl.gov () writes:
> 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
> 

I used to use Sun's floppies to move stuff to my linux box. ( with tar ).  It works
nicely.  Get gnu tar for you Sun so you can do multiple volumes.

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Mikey
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Damn, thought I was in vi.
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| mikey@truman.lanl.gov			Michael Blandford               |
| mikey@math.enmu.edu			Computer Systems Administrator  |
| Huh Huh that was cool !!!		Los Alamos National Laboratory  |
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