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From: steve@hacker.UUCP (Stephen M. Youndt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: store & restore on Bell Tech/Esix
Keywords: Bell Tech -- Esix file compatibility
Message-ID: <182@hacker.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jun 90 12:25:40 GMT
Organization: HaL Systems, Burke, VA
Lines: 26

I originally said:
--I hope you people can help.  I have a large number of disks in my possession
--which were created using the Bell Tech 'store' utility under sysadm.  I have
--an Esix system which has a restore, but is apparently a different thing 
--altogether, since I can't get any thing off the disks.  I haven't a clue as
--to how the Bell Tech 'store' worked, but assume it was a script with some
--sort of strange cpio command in it.  Regardless, I'd very much like to get this
--stuff off disk rather than copying it from the net again.  If anyone can help,
--I'd really appreciate it.  Thanks in advance.  -- SMY

Doug Ingraham responded:
-You might give that a try.  Something like
-
-cpio -itv -I /dev/rdsk/f0q15d
-
-to get a directory of the tape.  You might also try tar with the same
-device.  I know that under 3.0 this is how most all the diskettes were
-written.
-

Bingo!!  You were very nearly right, which got me the rest of the way.  They
do, in fact, use the boot sector, so the device is f0q15dt.  I hope the rest of
you find this as useful as I did.  Thanks, Doug.  -- SMY

Stephen M. Youndt
uunet!hacker!steve