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Article #8482Re: Can a SS1 read DOS/Mac 3.5 floppies?
From: rhaar
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 14:17
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 14:17
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In article <2952@brchh104.bnr.ca>, "lauger@ssdvx2.mdcbbs.com"@mdcbbs.com writes: |> A simple question from a new SparcStation 1 user. Can the |> SparcStation read/write either DOS or MAC 3.5" floppy disks? If you arunning SunOS 4.1.1, then there is built in support for MS-DOS format 3.5 inch floppies. You mount the floppy with file system type pcfs, then read/write as any other disk. (see manual for "mount"). You can also format MS-DOS floppies with the fdformat command. Under earlier OS releases, you can use a public domain set of utilities called mtools. I don't have a ftp site name in front of me, but it is quite common. Bob Haar InterNet : rhaar@gmr.com Computer Science Dept., G.M. Research Laboratories DISCLAIMER: Unless indicated otherwise, everything in this note is personal opinion, not an official statement of General Motors Corp.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: rhaar@gmr.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Can a SS1 read DOS/Mac 3.5 floppies? Keywords: No Digest Subjects in Unmoderated Mode Message-ID: <3730@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 5 Jun 91 14:17:00 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sunspots, Pseudo-Unmoderated Lines: 20 Approved: sun-spots@rice.edu X-Original-Date: 4 Jun 91 20:11:38 GMT