Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sun-barr!newstop!sun!imagen!keith From: keith@imagen.UUCP (Keith Rich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: 3b2 software distribution format standards Message-ID: <9005@imagen.UUCP> Date: 13 Dec 89 03:31:52 GMT Reply-To: keith@imagen.COM (Keith Rich) Organization: Imagen Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 9 Can anyone help me to understand what standards exist with respect to 3b2 software distribution. In particular, I'd like to know about tape formats. If I create a QIC-24 format cartridge tape containing cpio data, what percentage of 3b2 sites could read it? If this is not suitable, what is? Thanks for any help you can give me, Keith Rich - keith@imagen.com