Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!ncrwic!shagan From: shagan@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM (Steve Hagan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: NCR Tower - PC File exchange Message-ID: <5827@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM> Date: 16 Feb 90 19:13:31 GMT References: <5531@nucleus.mi.org> Reply-To: shagan@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM (Steve Hagan) Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, KS Lines: 24 Keywords:tower pc In article <5531@nucleus.mi.org> dar@nucleus.mi.org (Dario Alcocer) writes: >Does anyone know how to transfer files between an NCR Tower machine >running Unix and IBM PC-DOS file? I noticed that the Tower has >a 5-1/4" floppy drive, but the only way I can write to it is via >cpio redirected to /dev/fd0. After I do this, though, I can't read the disk >on MS-DOS. > >Any suggestions? > The command pcdsk(1) is used to read and write to a PC-DOS or MS-DOS 5-1/4" floppy disk. The floppy must already be formatted. When writing to the floppy, the date and time are not put into the directory. Also, you must run pcnodes with no parameters (superuser only) once before using pcdsk. Stephen C. Hagan, Group Leader, Automation Engineering NCR Corporation, Peripheral Products Division NCR:654-8130 (316)636-8130 -- Stephen C. Hagan, Group Leader, Automation Engineering NCR Corporation, Peripheral Products Division NCR:654-8130 (316)636-8130