k2ph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (The QRPer) (02/16/90)
I have access to a 3B2 with a 60 Meg cartridge tape drive and also to a 6386 with a 125 Meg cartridge tape drive. There are a whole bunch of files that were CPIOed to the 60 Meg tape on the 3B2. Is it possible to read these files on the 6386 tape drive? If so, how is it done? A plain old cpio -itcv < whatever causes the tape drive light to come on, but it never reads anything. Thanks in advance for your help. -- ================================================================= Bob Schreibmaier K2PH | UUCP: att!lzss!k2ph or k2ph@lzss.att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories | ARPA: k2ph%lzss@att.arpa Lincroft, N.J. 07738 | ICBM: 40o21'N, 74o8'W
hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) (02/17/90)
In article <3911@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>, k2ph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (The QRPer) writes: > I have access to a 3B2 with a 60 Meg cartridge tape drive > and also to a 6386 with a 125 Meg cartridge tape drive. > There are a whole bunch of files that were CPIOed to the > 60 Meg tape on the 3B2. Is it possible to read these files if the CPIO was made with the -c option, the file information is in ascii. (just od -c < tape and see if it prints nice or cruddy). If the cpio was made without the -c option, the file information is in native 3b2 binary ( chars, shorts, and longs), which will likely not be the way a 386 likes it (does anyone do things the Intel way?). You can always transfer the cpio files to the disk using dd, and then write a program to fix the shorts and longs. Howard C. Johnson ATT Bell Labs =====NEW address==== att!lzsc!hcj hcj@lzsc.att.com