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From: verber@apatosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark A. Verber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacOS partitions and disks accessed from A/UX - how?
Keywords: MacOS, A/UX, backup
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Date: 4 Aug 88 17:58:48 GMT
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In article <3001@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU> meldal@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Sigurd Meldal) writes:
>I have just received a MacII with A/UX. I was under the impression
>that I would be able to launch MacOS applications under A/UX (if they
>were civilized enough),

The launch program found in /usr/toolboxbin does this.  See launch(1)
for more complete info.

> and access/copy MacOS files from one file system to another. In
> particular, this would be useful when the Mac is connected to an
> ethernet, and running NFS, making backups so much easier (just tar
> MacOS files to tape).

A/UX doesn't currently support mounting macintosh files systems.  It
wouldn't be that diffucult to do, but it isn't in A/UX yet.  The two
things of a simular nature that you can do are: 1 - mfs program to
read mfs (i.e. flat file system) floppies.  2 - a package from
starnine which permits you to transfer files between A/UX and MacOS
partissions.  The starnine product is very cool.  The user interface
looks somewhat like the font/Da mover.

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