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Date:      Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:19:59 -0400
From:      Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
To:        'Ada' <acheng@barrow.uwaterloo.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: How to copy large files (4M) onto dos formatted floppy
Message-ID:  <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB440110599A@site2s1>

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Very simple..

split -b 1440k bigfile

copy the files on to disks

then on the DOS machine you use

copy /b xaa+xab+xac+xad bigfile

-Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ada [SMTP:acheng@barrow.uwaterloo.ca]
> Sent:	Wednesday, June 16, 1999 2:07 PM
> To:	freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	How to copy large files (4M) onto dos formatted floppy
> 
> Hi,
> 	I need to copy a large file (just under 4M) onto dos formatted
> floppies (formatted using fdformat and mkdosfs).  I know for unix I can
> use something like tar -cvMf , is there something similar for putting
> large files on dos formatted floppies? Many thanks in advance.
> Ada
> 
> 
> 
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