Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 22:07:38 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: gopu@global.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: Help in data recovery Message-ID: <XFMail.971103220738.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <199711040242.TAA15381@usr09.primenet.com>
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Hi Terry Lambert; On 04-Nov-97 you wrote: > > Surely Julian didn't want you to run fdisk on a tape drive. :-) So > > just type `fdisk', and it will pick up the first disk for you. > > If the manufacturer didn't want me to put a filesystem on a device, > then they'd make it so the device wasn't block addressable. Otherwise > it gets an FS... > > mount -t ansitape /dev/rst0 /mnt > > 8-) 8-) He is laughing and I am crying :-)) This was the standard mode of operation as recently as the Tahoe project. But really was the only way to install Unix on a PDP11. You mount the tape and watch in amazement as the hours go by. The amazement came from the fact that it actually booted. --- If Microsoft Built Cars: Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car. Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.799.2313
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