Subject: Re: Reading/Writing BSD Zip disks under netbsd/amiga and netbsd/i386
To: Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 <bbogart@acs.ryerson.ca>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-amiga
Date: 06/22/2000 15:30:42
disklabels tend to be machine dependent so I suspect thats your problem.
I'd suggest either
a) using something like a DOS file system (access with the mtools package
or just mount -t msdos) or HFS files system (access with the hfsutils
or xhfs package).
b) use tar. for example
tar cvf /dev/rsdXc file1 [file2 ...]
to write and
tar tvf /dev/rsdXc
to list and
tar xvf /dev/rsdXc
to extract. Be _sure_ to replace "X" with the correct number for your
zip device. Do _not_ mess up and use the number for your hard drive or
you'll be sorry.
-Dan
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 wrote:
> I installed a disklabel and new ffs filesystem on a zip disk on the i386
> but I can't mount it on the amiga. The amiga says there is no disklabel
> though i386 sees the disklabel. I was sure to use the -r option to write
> the label directly to disk on the i386. Is the way the i386 writes
> disklabels incompatible with amiga? I need to have zip disks
> read/writeable from both amiga and i386. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> NetBSD 1.4.2 Amiga, 4MB RAM, 2.1GB HD, SCSI Zip, Custom Kernel
> NetBSD 1.4.2 i386, 64MB RAM, 3GB HD, IDE ZIP, Custom Kernel
>
>
> B. Bogart
> Convergent Media Designer
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