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From: rick@tmiuv0.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Access to floppy drives (ESIX)
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Date: 7 Jun 90 14:13:41 GMT
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In article <5605@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, trw@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Weil timothy) writes:
> excuse my ignorance but I've yet to figure out how
> onemoves from disk to disk (HD, oppy A:, floppy B:)
> using aPC-based UNIX OS.
>  
> I made an attempt at 'ls -l < /dev/rdsk/ft0'
> which lit up my A: but read from the current directory
> anyways.
>  
> Thanks in Ad Vans 

You did say "ESIX", didn't you?

Provided you've mounted the drive properly, it should be no problem.  If,
on the other hand, it's a CPIO disk or something without a filesystem on it
you could have problems.

By the way, try "ls -l /dev/dsk/f0t".  The disk is a block device at
filesystem level, and the "auto-density" selection is "f0t" for the first
floppy, "f1t" for the second.
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