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Article #12041Re: Mac disk on a SparcStation: a simpler method
From: Jay Bourland
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:25
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:25
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In article <Jan.26.14.43.33.1993.2653@math.rutgers.edu> bohus@math.rutgers.edu (Geza Bohus) writes:
>
> I already answered the original question by email, but it seems that
> several people missed a very simple solution: tar. A small and free
> utility on the Mac can read/write disks in tar format. You need a high
> density disk formatted on the Mac and that's it. On the Unix you type
^^^^^^^^^
This is all correct except that the disk does not have to be
formatted! You have to start suntar on the mac before inserting the
disk, however. There are several nice things about this approach.
(1) Since the disk doesn't have to be formatted, you can use the whole
2Mb on the HD instead of just 1.44.
(2) You don't have to mount the disk on your Unix box, which is a
head-ache in a multi-user environment.
(3) Suntar also understands bar, which is the disk-related cousin to
tar.
--
Jay Bourland
jayb@Math.ColoState.EDU
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