john@vsi.COM (John Koontz) (08/30/89)
Hi folks,
Is there a good way to read a DOS disk from AT&T 386
UNIX? Interactive's programs for this are bundled with
VP/IX and not available separately, and we really need to
do this. Any ideas?
Please respond via email, I will summarize and post.
John
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{attmail uunet}!vsi!john john@vsi.compsfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales) (08/31/89)
In article <1172@vsi.COM>, john@vsi.COM (John Koontz) writes: > Hi folks, > > Is there a good way to read a DOS disk from AT&T 386 > UNIX? Interactive's programs for this are bundled with > VP/IX and not available separately, and we really need to > do this. Any ideas? There has been a Public Domain package posted to the net called "mtools" that allows any UNIX box to read and write MS-DOS format disks. The author, Emmet Gray, (spelling?) has written a "generic" version, as well as a version specifically for the AT&T UNIX-PC, but I had to do almost nothing to port the generic version to my 386. I have VP/IX, but I still find mtools to be more convenient for the occasional DIR, or READ command. The latest version I have is 1.6, patch level 2. I do not really want to be in the software distribution business, but if you have trouble finding the code from an archive site, let me know. -- Peter Fales AT&T, Room 5B-420 2000 N. Naperville Rd. UUCP: ...att!peter.fales Naperville, IL 60566 Domain: peter.fales@att.com work: (312) 979-8031