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From: gerry@zds-ux.UUCP (Gerry Gleason)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 6386 WGS Questions
Keywords: Compatability Questions
Message-ID: <16@zds-ux.UUCP>
Date: 10 Nov 89 20:44:03 GMT
References: <6358@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> <4615@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: gerry@zds-ux.UUCP (Gerry Gleason)
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In article <4615@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> psfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales) writes:
>In article <6358@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>, dab@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (david.a.berk) writes:
>> 3. Can the 6386 read a floppy witten by a 3b2 ?

>I you mean mount a floppy with 3b2 file system, the answer is no.  However,
>I have transferred cpio archives written to the raw floppy in both 
>directions between a 3b2 and 6386 WGS.  Use /dev/rdsk/f05qt.

Wait a minute, if you can read the physical format, you should be able to
mount it.  Isn't a System V file system a System V file system (with the
possible exception of version skews).

What gives?

Gerry Gleason