wtr@moss.ATT.COM (3673,ATTT) (10/13/89)
hi folks!
need some advice/instruction on the use of 400K floppies
in the 3b1.
i backed up some software onto what i thought were
properly formatted 400k floppies. the software was
cpio'd and split into 750-block pieces. each piece
was copied onto a seperate floppy.
when i went to read the software back in, a "cp /mnt/* ."
left me with a bunch of 640 block files! (not real
conducsive to good backups :-(
an "ll /mnt" indicated that there were 750 block files there.
a "du /mnt" indicated that there were 750 block files there.
a "df -t" indicated that there were 750 block files there.
however,...
a "wc -c /mnt/*" showed me that the files were only 640 blocks!
(AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!) okay, so we have some formatting
problems. (pretty obvious now, isn't it? 1/2 :-)
the following is the line in my format script:
====== start ======
/etc/iv -i /dev/rfp020 /usr/lib/iv/FD10nl
(and)
/etc/mkfs /dev/rfp021 792:64
====== end ======
and the FD10nl file looks like:
====== start ======
#sccs "@(#)iv/lib:FD10nl 1.1"
# iv description file for 48 TPI Floppy file system disk.
type FD
name Floppy
cylinders 40
heads 2
sectors 10
steprate 0
singledensity
$
$
$
0
1
$
$
====== end ======
okay, so what am i doing wrong?
thanks for the help,
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Bill Rankin email address: att!moss!wtr
was: Bell Labs, Whippany NJ att!bromo!wtr
now: AT&T Federal Systems, Burlington NC (919) 228 3673 (cornet 291)