mth@ihnp3.UUCP (03/30/87)
I'm hoping to receive my MINIX distribution for the pc in the next couple weeks. Before doing anything with the software, I plan to make copies of everything, the question is *how*. Will DISKCOPY work? Are other methods preferable? I would appreciate advice from anyone that has actually *done* this successfully. Thanks in advance. M. Horbal @ Bell Labs ...ihnp4!ihnp3!mth
ron@brl-sem.UUCP (03/31/87)
In article <374@ihnp3.ATT.COM>, mth@ihnp3.ATT.COM (Mark Horbal) writes: > > I'm hoping to receive my MINIX distribution for the pc in the next > couple weeks. Before doing anything with the software, I plan to > make copies of everything, the question is *how*. Will DISKCOPY I copied mine using DD under XENIX. Since I only had 1 1.2 MB floppy disk, I copied them to the hard disk first. I really wish that one of the things on the boot disk was a copy program. -Ron
nclee@sbcs.UUCP (03/31/87)
> I'm hoping to receive my MINIX distribution for the pc in the next > couple weeks. Before doing anything with the software, I plan to > make copies of everything, the question is *how*. Will DISKCOPY > .... > M. Horbal > @ Bell Labs DiskCopy will not work. Use either Copy II PC (v3.05) or Copy Write (May 86). To minimize the problem of head alignment, you should make drive A (fd0) the destination drive. CSNET: nclee@sbcs.csnet ARPA: nclee%suny-sb.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa UUCP: {allegra, hocsd, philabs, ogcvax} !sbcs!nclee "It is difficult to make something foolproof because fools are so ingenious." [Anon]
rde@ukc.UUCP (04/01/87)
If I remember right....
use cp /dev/fd0 /dev/fd1
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Bob Eager
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Phone: +44 227 66822 ext 7589keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (04/01/87)
In article <703@brl-sem.ARPA> ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) writes: >In article <374@ihnp3.ATT.COM>, mth@ihnp3.ATT.COM (Mark Horbal) writes: >> >> I'm hoping to receive my MINIX distribution for the pc in the next >> couple weeks. Before doing anything with the software, I plan to >> make copies of everything, the question is *how*. Will DISKCOPY > >I copied mine using DD under XENIX. Since I only had 1 1.2 MB floppy >disk, I copied them to the hard disk first. I really wish that one >of the things on the boot disk was a copy program. > >-Ron I copied mine with Copy ][PC, but I imagine any normal bitcopier would do the trick. -- Kees | UUCP : keeshu@nikhefk.uucp or : {[wherever]!seismo}!mcvax!nikhefk!keeshu | FIDO : kees huyser at 28/9 or 500/11 | BITNET : u00212@hasara5.bitnet | SNAIL : kees huyser, NIKHEF-K, PO Box 4395, 1009 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
ritchie@hplsdla.UUCP (04/01/87)
Yes, diskcopy WILL work.... but you should verify your copies afterward. Also, if you are using a 1.2Mbyte drive, you need the magic switch /4 to format the disk as 360K (I think that this is correct... Check MS-DOS manual). Dave Ritchie hp-lsd!ritchie
pingel@wang7.UUCP (04/01/87)
Disk copy will work just fine. I do recommend that you verify the floppy with a good formatter first. Diskcopy will blindly copy onto bad sectors. I just booted minix from my copied diskettes at noon time.-- Lee Pingel, M/S 014-790 harvard!vaxine!ima--+ Wang Laboratories Inc. decvax!wanginst!wang--+---wang7!pingel 1 Industrial Ave. appollo!vaxine!ima--+ Lowell, MA 01851 harvard!masscomp--+
mtm097@tijc02.UUCP (Mark Miller ) (04/21/87)
in article <372@sbcs.UUCP>, nclee@sbcs.UUCP (Nai Chi Lee) says: > >> I'm hoping to receive my MINIX distribution for the pc in the next >> couple weeks. Before doing anything with the software, I plan to >> make copies of everything, the question is *how*. Will DISKCOPY >> .... >> M. Horbal >> @ Bell Labs > > DiskCopy will not work. Use either Copy II PC (v3.05) or Copy Write (May 86). > To minimize the problem of head alignment, you should make drive A (fd0) the > destination drive. > > CSNET: nclee@sbcs.csnet > ARPA: nclee%suny-sb.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa > UUCP: {allegra, hocsd, philabs, ogcvax} !sbcs!nclee > > "It is difficult to make something foolproof because fools are so ingenious." > [Anon]
zemon@felix.UUCP (04/23/87)
>> DiskCopy will not work. Use either Copy II PC (v3.05) or Copy Write (May 86).
DISKCOPY works just fine for copying Minix floppies. I
copied my disks that way, put the originals away, and am
working very happily from the copies.
-- Art Z.
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-- Art Zemon
FileNet Corporation
Costa Mesa, California
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