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laila (laila@prolog.net) wrote:
: How do you copy a file which is split across 2 MSDos diskettes to a 
: UNIX machine?
It depends on which Unix system you're using.
Here are the ones that I know of...

LINUX, BSD386 (most generic):
	mread A:FILE.000 /tmp/file.000
	{switch disk}
	mtype A:FILE.000 >> /tmp/file.000
 or you can:
	mread A:FILE.000 /tmp/file.000
	{switch disk}
	mread A:FILE.000 /tmp/file.001
	cat /tmp/file.00[01] > /tmp/file.output

UnixWare:
	doscp A:FILE.000 /tmp/file.000
	{switch disk}
	doscp A:FILE.001 /tmp/file.001
	cat /tmp/file.00[01] > /tmp/file.output

Solaris & NeXTstep:
	Run filemanager
	Insert the disk
	Drag the file from the floppy to a subdirectory such as /tmp,
	rename that file,
	switch disk,
	Draw the other file from floppy to a subdirectory such as /tmp.
	then cat them together "cat /tmp/file.one file.two > /tmp/file.output"

The other alternative is to mount the file system. You'll need to have
super-user access or be on a system with very loose security.
	mount /dev/floppy /mnt -t dos
or	mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos
or	mount /dev/rdsk/fds0d2.3.5 /mnt -t dos
or whatever.........

: How do I get the UNIX machine to read the file (of over 2 meg) without 
: overwriting it?
Rename it before reading the next disk.

Be careful, putting things end-to-end doesn't always work.
Multi-volume ZIP and ARJ files have its own header on each files so
you won't be able to "cat /tmp/file.arj /tmp/file.a00 > /tmp/output.arj"
and expect to read the "/tmp/output.arj" file properly.


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