Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:24:24 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: File System on a tape Message-ID: <199608161924.AA122223464@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:02:07 EDT."
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> Imagine if the folks with wierd IDE CD's could cut a tape and install
> from that before having to get hacked kernels. I've had to make the
> floppy sets at times because of not enough DOS partition space
> to put the distribution. If I could dd or tar to tape and install from tape
> it would be a great ease of installation issue at times.
For the unsupported IDE CDROM case, it's easier to just provide a
way of making tar tapes from DOS, than it would be to support some form
of "TAPE-FS".
For SCSI tape drives, it's real easy to make tar tapes from DOS, if
you have a SCSI controller that supports ASPI (DOS) drivers. Just grab
"gtar-exe.zip" from:
ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/
All you need are a SCSI tape drive and ASPI drivers for your SCSI
controller (the drivers are optional with Adaptec controllers, and
available from the Symbios ftp site for NCR/Symbios-based controllers).
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
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