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- From: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings)
- Subject: Re: Help Gcc, ftp tcp/ip, x
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.114824@hammer.Prime.COM>
- Sender: cummings@hammer (Kevin Cummings)
- Organization: Prime Computer R&D
- References: <1992Jul31.201047.229@lincoln.ac.nz>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:48:24 GMT
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- Oh, I almost forgot, if you have to, try TARing up the compressed
- tar files before you write them out to the floppy disks. In that way,
- there will be an EOF mark on the floppy disk, and you won't get any
- error messages while reading the compressed images off of the raw floppy
- disk.
-
- If you write the compressed .tar.Z files directly to floppy, you may get
- error messages when reading them in. Read them in via:
- uncompress /dev/fdx > xxx.tar
- Check the resulting .tar files to see if they look OK before punting them
- as unsuccessful.
-
- If you put the compressed tar files into a new tar file, writing this
- to the floppy disk via rawrite should allow you to read it under LINUX
- without getting any error messages with tar via:
- tar xf /dev/fdx
- uncompress xxx.tar.Z
- tar xf xxx.tar
-
- Sure it's an extra step, but well worth it.
-
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- I've come to the conclusion that your new
- defense system SUCKS..." -- War Games
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