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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.va.pubnix.com!not-for-mail From: lidl@va.pubnix.com (Kurt J. Lidl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Using ZIP drive across UNIX hardware platforms? Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:38:13 -0500 Organization: AlterNet -- Falls Church, Virginia, USA Lines: 25 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4ccc4l$alb@arrow.va.pubnix.com> References: <4cb9aq$9d5@gilligan.htc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: arrow.va.pubnix.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36896 comp.sys.sun.hardware:31231 comp.unix.solaris:56215 comp.sys.sun.admin:59948 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1912 Thomas Naughton <naughton@htc.com> wrote: > I have tried to use `dd`, and `tar`, but because it's not a >tape drive, it doesn't seem to work right. Well, tar should work OK. It worked OK for me. Make sure you use the raw device for reading and writing... >Both systems don't use the same type of filesystem, so I can't take a >filesystems that was created on one, and mount it on the other. Of course not, one is big-endian and one is little-endian, not to mention that the versions of UFS they have are probably slightly incompatible. >Does anyone have any suggestions? Are there any filesystems >that will work on both (all?) platforms? Probably a MS-DOS filesystem would work on both platforms. -Kurt -- /* Kurt J. Lidl (lidl@va.pubnix.com) UUCP: <ANYWHERE>!uunet!lidl */ /* Don't confuse my opinions with my employer's opinions! */ /* E-Mail info@va.pubnix.com for info on our shell accounts. */