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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!darwin.sura.net!europa.asd.contel.com!uunet!spooky!witr From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow) Subject: Re: Lots of Q's about 386bsd 0.1 Message-ID: <1992Aug6.144824.15587@rwwa.COM> Keywords: mtools df cpio screen3.2 Sender: news@rwwa.COM (News Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: spooky Reply-To: witr@rwwa.com Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates References: <colin.713070328@marsh> <1992Aug6.132519.5108@corax.udac.uu.se> Distribution: usa Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1992 14:48:24 GMT Lines: 23 Simpler answers to faqish questions... | In article 2185 of comp.unix.bsd Meaningless attribution: ^^^^ | |> 5) How can I disklabel a 3.5in floppy? (lots of fussy work deleted...) newfs /dev/rfdxa floppy (where x is 0 or 1) | |> 6) How big is src01 when uncompressed?? cat src01.* | compress -d | wc | |> 7) Can I extract a single directory from cpio format?? cat src01.* | compress -d | cpio -iv pattern -- --- Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott MA 01907 USA Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430, Net: witr@rwwa.COM