verket@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Paul Verket) (05/13/91)
> kph@blackhole.bae.bellcore.com asks how to transfer data between > his Sparc SLC and a NeXT There are three formats for floppies that the NeXT supports: NeXT unix, MSDOS and raw. NeXT's unix format is really nice in that the floppy is a unix removable medium and works as expected (and quickly). Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck mounting them on a Sun or in getting a Sun to make a unix formatted floppy. MSDOS works but is (painfully) slow on both sides. In addition, you are limited to DOS's eight.three character names. Raw floppies are what I use. For example, if I want to move a set of files from the Sun to the NeXT, I do: <insert floppy in Sun drive> $ tar -cf /dev/fd0 <files I want> ;cpio works too $ eject <move to NeXT - DON'T insert floppy yet> $ tar -xvf /dev/sd1h <When popup appears requesting floppy, insert it> $ /usr/etc/disk -e /dev/rsd1a A couple of notes: The sd1 is the drive on MY system, replace it with your number. Some of the above on the NeXT requires you to be root or to change your file access flags. Lastly, more work is needed on your end if the files won't fit on a single floppy. Paul Verket