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From: randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: How to recover programs from install disks
Summary: Use the right device name.
Message-ID: <10593@rls.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 90 06:00:24 GMT
References: <1990May31.153301.2562@monymsys.uucp>
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In article <1990May31.153301.2562@monymsys.uucp>, david@monymsys.uucp (David Kozinn) writes:
> cpio on the disks just seems to show a file called "diskdata" that apparently
> contains the name of the disk. Does anyone out there know of any way to
> recover this one file? Thanks.

You're just using the wrong device.  Probably some command like;

cpio -ivt < /dev/rdsk/0s25

Right?  Well, you're only off by a smidgen.  Try;

cpio -ivt < /dev/rdsk/0s24

which will list the contents of the floppy.  All other applicable commands
for cpio will work dandy with /dev/rdsk/0s24.

Cheers!

- randy

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