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- From: wvs@cancer.DIALix.oz.au (W.V. Sharpe (Ore Reserve Geologist LNO))
- Subject: Re: (Q) How to copy boot tapes?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.045314.7512@cancer.DIALix.oz.au>
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- Organization: Western Mining Corp.
- References: <1992Jul28.222658.29564@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 04:53:14 GMT
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- In article 29564@ccu.umanitoba.ca, mjl@ccu.umanitoba.ca (mike london) writes:
- >I know this subject has been covered before, but I only
- >caught the tail-end of that discussion. Any pointers
- >would be much appreciated.
- >
- >Mike London
-
-
- Talk to your local sun rep, and ask them for a copy of tputil. Or there
- may be a PD version of it. It's not too flash, more like a souped up
- dd, but it checks that you are reading and writing to specific media
- types, e.g QIC-150.
-
- You can't copy from cd to tape with it.
-
- Nor can you create an 8mm boot tape(at least I don't think you can).
-
- The reason for using tputil is because of the blocking SUN use when
- creating the tapes.
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- ,-_|\ Wayne V. Sharpe
- / \ Ore Reserve Geologist
- *_,-._/ Western Mining Corporation
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