INSTALLP diskettes, need just one file

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4 total messages Started by Sergio Aponte Thu, 19 Oct 1989 18:14

#478

Author: Sergio Aponte
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 18:14

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	Is there a way to extract 1 file for a set of diskettes setup to
	be read by installp?

	You know, root can be so powerfull...
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Re: INSTALLP diskettes, need just one file

#479

Author: Chuck Karish
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1989 04:05

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In article <3842@rtech.rtech.com> sergio@squid.UUCP (Sergio Aponte) wrote:
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>	Is there a way to extract 1 file [from] a set of diskettes setup to
>	be read by installp?

   restore -x -f /dev/rfd0 filename

If you don't know the exact filename, use

   restore -T -f /dev/rfd0

first.  The set of diskettes constitute a single `backup'-format
archive, so it does no good to know which diskette contains the file
you want.  You always have to start with diskette 1 and feed 'em until
restore finds your file.

	Chuck Karish		karish@mindcraft.com
	(415) 493-9000		karish@forel.stanford.edu

Re: INSTALLP diskettes, need just one file

#480

Author: Steve Dyer
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1989 14:08

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In article <3842@rtech.rtech.com> sergio@squid.UUCP (Sergio Aponte) writes:
>	Is there a way to extract 1 file for a set of diskettes setup to
>	be read by installp?

Diskettes used by "installp" are in restore format.  You can get a listing
of the diskette with "restore -T" and can extract individual files with
"restore -x filename".

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu

Re: INSTALLP diskettes, need just one file

#556

Author: Sergio Aponte
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1989 21:03

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In article <292@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
>Diskettes used by "installp" are in restore format.  You can get a listing
>of the diskette with "restore -T" and can extract individual files with
>"restore -x filename".
>
>-- 
>Steve Dyer
>dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
>dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu


	Is this supposed to work on tapes, also? The reason I say "supposed", is
	that I tried it. The file I needed was on vol #2. WHen It got to the end
	of vol #1, it stopped.

	I found there is a way to specify a vol to start with, but then it
	want's to restore a whole file system.

	This is on an RT, in this case, but should it matter?
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