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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: tpqic02: LAST call for help
Date: 10 Dec 1995 16:41:17 GMT
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rdong@mat.jhu.edu (Rui-Tao Dong ~{6-HpLN~}) writes:
>
> QIC-02 doesn't seem to be actively supported in Linux. I am thinking about
> booting FreeBSD to do my backup. (It is probably a good idea to backup
> from a dead file system instead of a live one anyway.) I understand that
> FreeBSD supports QIC-02 and it reads Linux Ext2 file system. It is just a
> matter of getting the right boot image and some shell utilities.
Your problem seems to have been answered. Anyway, all you need for
FreeBSD are two floppies (the ``Fixit'' approach). You could then
mount your Linux partition, and backup your files.
Dynamic device configuration is supported by booting with the -c
option.
Since ext2fs support is part of the -current code, you need the (not
yet published) boot and fixit floppies from -current; the 2.1 ones
aren't much helpful for you.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)