kirkaas@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) (08/20/90)
I want to put a 3.25" floppy drive into my 3b1. I think I have a good idea about the technical side of it (not too tricky) but I want to know if the resultant disks will be readable in a different machine; that is a 386 based unix machine. Specifically, i want to back up all my text files on the 3b1 with a compressed cpio archive across multiple floppy disks. This is fine if I read the disks back into the 3b1, but what if something happens to the 3b1 and I want to upgrade to a 386 based unix machine? Will I be able to restore my multiple-disk cpio'd text files from the 3b1 to the 386? I would appreciate any information in this regard, as this is a vital consideration. Thanks. Paul -- -- Paul Kirkaas kirkaas@cs.ucla.edu