wayned@hanys.UUCP (Wayne) (04/02/91)
I have an AT&T 6386 wgs machine which is used for developement and creating unix installation packages for software I write. The problem that I have is it takes a long time to create 100's of distribution sets by formating floppies and then using cpio to build the packages . Can I purchase a disk duplicator for unix floppies? Or is there a better/faster way??? Wayne Daley UUCP: crdgw1!sixhub!hanys!wayned
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) (04/06/91)
In article <131@hanys.UUCP> wayned@hanys.UUCP (Wayne) writes: > I have an AT&T 6386 wgs machine which is used for developement >and creating unix installation packages for software I write. The problem >that I have is it takes a long time to create 100's of distribution sets >by formating floppies and then using cpio to build the packages . Can I >purchase a disk duplicator for unix floppies? Or is there a better/faster >way??? It's about a 40 line program to prompt for a source diskette, open a floppy, malloc() the appropriate amount of memory, read() the whole thing and then loop prompting for destination diskettes if you hard-code the device name and size. You can probably do just about as well just using cp or dd to copy in a master disk to a file, then back out again. Just be sure to use the character device for the size floppy you want. You can even use zcat >device if you want to compress the image files, and wrap a shell script around it so anyone can do it. For 100's of sets, that is probably the best way. For 1000's you will want to have a service company do it. Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (04/07/91)
wayned@hanys.UUCP (Wayne) writes: > I have an AT&T 6386 wgs machine which is used for developement >and creating unix installation packages for software I write. The problem >that I have is it takes a long time to create 100's of distribution sets >by formating floppies and then using cpio to build the packages . Can I >purchase a disk duplicator for unix floppies? Or is there a better/faster >way??? The best way is to buy a duplicator. They should be able to duplicate the disk (including formatting the copy) reguardless of the contents of the disk. One company that I have some info on is CopyMaster. They sell an automatic disk copier (just load the bunch of disks and it will do all the work). Another company (ALF) has an "attended" copying machine that does the format and copy in 28 seconds, but you have to be there to switch disks. Contact info: Copy Master: 1-800-882-8444 ALF Products Inc: 1-800-321-4688 NOTE: I have not used the products (nor even seen them used), so this is not a recommendation of either one. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc. uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
urban@cbnewsl.att.com (john.urban) (04/08/91)
In article <131@hanys.UUCP> wayned@hanys.UUCP (Wayne) writes: > > I have an AT&T 6386 wgs machine which is used for developement >and creating unix installation packages for software I write. The problem >that I have is it takes a long time to create 100's of distribution sets >by formating floppies and then using cpio to build the packages . Can I >purchase a disk duplicator for unix floppies? Or is there a better/faster >way??? > >Wayne Daley >UUCP: crdgw1!sixhub!hanys!wayned Contact Rimage (old name was MST) at 800-553-8312. They make 3.5" floppy copiers, 5.25" floppy copiers and QIC-24 Cartridge Tape copiers. Our Organization uses these products and we are 100% satisfied. Sincerely, John Urban