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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 6386 WGS Questions
Summary: 3b2 floppy
Keywords: Compatability Questions
Message-ID: <1989Nov13.145552.5367@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 13 Nov 89 14:55:52 GMT
References: <6358@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> <4615@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
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In article <4615@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> psfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales) 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.

The 3B2 uses the last track of the otherwise normal 720K format for its
own purposes.  Thus, transfers with other machines would be limited to
archives that fit on a single disk unless you do some tricky stuff
to merge the pieces.

Les Mikesell
 les@chinet.chi.il.us