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From: g1jmason@cdf.toronto.edu (Jamie Mason)
Subject: Re: Copying between MacOS annd NetBSD
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 16:39:42 GMT
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>008465m@dragon.acadiau.ca (Trevor Milne) wrote:
>> Where can I find a utility to let me copy a file from the HFS partition of
>> a Mac to the NetBSD partition ?
bsalai@servtech.com (Brad Salai) writes:
>The installer does this. Switch to the minishell and use cpin and/or cpout
>to move files both ways.
Perhaps, he is looking for a way to do this from _within_ NetBSD.
I believe there is a NetBSD add-on package which allows Mac partitions
to be mounted (read-only if I remember) onto the NetBSD filesystem.
As for cpin/cpout in the minishell, I am disappointed with them;
the interface is awful. I am curious why the "install" and
"zinstall" commands use the normal MacOS 'select file' interface
(a good idea, IMHO) to select the Mac-side filename, whereas cpin
and cpout ask the user to type the Mac filename on a command line.
It would also have been nice if the installer had been shipped
with the memory usage set up correctly. Although it is not hard to
correct this problem, it is very hard to diagnose if you don't
exepect it.
Personally, I like the Mac NetBSD; it's great to be able to run
a full version of Unix (lovely OS) on the Mac (beautiful hardware).
However, the Mac-side utilities for NetBSD (installer, mkfs, booter)
leave something to be desired. Perhaps they will be better in the
next release version.
Jamie