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From: bparent@sdcc18.ucsd.edu (Brian Parent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid
Subject: restoring pyramid dump tape on non-pyramid
Keywords: restore dump tape
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Date: 2 Jun 90 01:22:51 GMT
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I have some old pyramid dump tapes (OSx4.0) that I would
like to be able to read after the pyramid is gone.  I'm
currently wrestling with the sources in an attempt to create
a restore program that will run on a vax.  Its not so
difficult to strip out the part about conditional symbolic
links, but there are other issues, such as byte swapping,
and reading in the correct size headers etc.  I've had some
limited success, but the end isn't too near.  I probably
should have posted this request before beginning, but I
guess I underestimated the task (or overestimated my brain
power).

So, if you've had any luck with creating such a restore
program, I'd like to hear from you.  (We also have suns
that could be used, but I haven't got sources for sun
restore.)

Please e-mail to me as I don't read this group.
I'll summarize if there's interest.
Thanks.
-Brian Parent   e-mail: bparent@ucsd.edu 	phone: (619)534-6090