Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:55:22 -0400 From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Yonny Cardenas <yonny@ingenieria.ingsala.unal.edu.co> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tar to floppys Message-ID: <3403890A.167EB0E7@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970826170229.4292A-100000@ingenieria.ingsala.unal.edu.co>
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Yonny Cardenas wrote: How do I can a tar of file with size 2.3 MB to floppies 1.44Mb in FreeBSD ? > > I'am creating floppies for FreeBSD, with the following secuence of > commands: > > #fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 > #disklabel -w -r /dev/rfd0.1440 floppy3 > #newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -i 65536 /dev/rfd0.1440 > To write a multi-disk archive on the floppy : tar cvMf /dev/rfd0 file to read back: tar xvMf /dev/rfd0 You will need only the low-level format. Disklabelling or newfs'ing is not required. Jim Durham <Television Engineer-Unitel Mobile Video, Pittsburgh> <Computer Consultant/Hobbyist> <Amateur Radio: W2XO> <Web:http://www.w2xo.pgh.pa.us>; <Packet:W2XO@W2XO.#SWPA.PA.USA.NOAM>
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