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  From: Brenton Pettitt <pets@camtech.net.au>
  To  : Adrian Butterworth <adrian@groc.econ-outlook.com.au>
  Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 21:39:36 +0930

Re: Backing up to & mounting fd0

Thanks for your time and help Adrian. Unfortunately I'm still not there.
Please see my comments below.

Adrian Butterworth wrote:
> 
> Brenton
> The command "tar cf /dev/fd0 ." is writing to the "device"
> as a raw unformatted floppy disk like it can to a tape.

OK ! 
 
> This will overwrite any existing filesystem you have on it.
> to read back, you don't "mount" the disk.
> it is raw tar format, not ext2, vfat or anything else mount understands so
> it can't be mounted


> try "tar tf /dev/fd0 ." this should list the archives contents.

OK !-unmounted the floppy but command "tar tf /dev/fd0 ." is not
recognised. Midnight Commander,however,shows the backup as
"tar/mnt/floppybackup.tar" and the contained files are listed.   

> if you want to tar to a "file" on a floppy "filesystem".
>  format the floppy,
>  mount it (for example as /mnt/floppy),

OK-but it will not mount without "mkfs /dev/fd0" because it says "you
must specify a filesystem". This is  contrary to what you said above.?

>  cd someverysmalldirectory
>  "tar cf /mnt/floppy/backup.tar ."
> of course you need to have enough space on the floppy to hold the contents of
> the entire directory.

OK-and please what is the command to tar to a floppy specific files in a
directory-I haven't been able yet to manage that with the above example
hd directory.


 
Thanks again,



Brenton Pettitt

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