[comp.sys.sun] DOS files and 3.5 in. floppy on 3/80

phil@cavs.syd.dwt.oz.au (Phil Irvine) (12/05/89)

Is there software available to enable DOS files to be read from and
written to the 3.5 inch floppy drive in the SUN 3/80?  I am aware that it
can be done using the DOS emulator product but I would like to read DOS
stuff while using Unix.  It seems a simple requirement but nobody I have
asked knows of anything.

Phil Irvine  (phil@cavs.syd.dwt.oz.au)

ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (12/16/89)

|Is there software available to enable DOS files to be read from and
|written to the 3.5 inch floppy drive in the SUN 3/80?  I am aware that it
|can be done using the DOS emulator product but I would like to read DOS
|stuff while using Unix.  It seems a simple requirement but nobody I have
|asked knows of anything.
|
|Phil Irvine  (phil@cavs.syd.dwt.oz.au)

I asked this question a while back and was pointed to mtools, in the
comp.sources archives. I haven't tried the programs but it looked like
all that was needed was for some of the params to be changed for the HD
diskette format. Maybe one of the people I forwarded the result of my
search to has already tried mtools and can report?

hollaar@basset.utah.edu (Lee Hollaar) (12/16/89)

I have a program that handles DOS files (and subdirectories) that runs on
an Apollo or a SPARCstation-1.  It probably wouldn't be too hard for me to
get it to run on a 3/80, if I had one to play with for a few hours.

The program is available for a nominal license charge.  If you are interested,
write to:

	PCdisk Information
	Contexture, Inc.
	Post Office Box 58721
	Salt Lake City UT  84158