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Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!wanda.pond.com!kd3bj!kd3bj.ampr.org!chris From: chris@kd3bj.ampr.org (C. T. Nadovich) Subject: Re: Using ZIP drive across UNIX hardware platforms? Distribution: inet Sender: usenet@kd3bj.ampr.org (News Posting Phantom User) Organization: The KD3BJ Usenet BBS Message-ID: <chris.820723610@kd3bj.ampr.org> References: <4cb9aq$9d5@gilligan.htc.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: jupiter.kd3bj.ampr.org Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 02:46:50 GMT Lines: 20 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36526 comp.sys.sun.hardware:30980 comp.unix.solaris:55536 comp.sys.sun.admin:59556 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1812 naughton@htc.com (Thomas Naughton) writes: > I have tried to use `dd`, and `tar`, but because it's not a >tape drive, it doesn't seem to work right. I've been puzzling over this issue for the last few weeks. I have a SyQuest, but the problem is analagous. I want to use MTOOLS or maybe "mount -F pcfs" in an attempt to read and write the higly portable MS-DOS format, but I have no luck. Essentially, I can't get any raw access to work right. The raw tar and dd utilities do not work for me either. I think in my case (Solaris 2.4 on SPARC), it's vold that's getting in the way --- wanting to see a VTOC on the disk. All the advice I've gottem so far has been RTFM. I have. But configuring vold is not a clear proceedure. All I really want is for it to leave that damn disk alone. -- 73 de KD3BJ SK .. http://www.kd3bj.ampr.org +1 215 257 0635 (voice) +1 215 257 2744 (data/fax)