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- From: heb@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Herbert Bauer)
- Subject: Re: Reading/Writing DOS disks on PDS 5000/25
- Message-ID: <heb.712392787@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
- Keywords: DOS disks, PDS 5000, floppies
- Sender: news@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (News System)
- Organization: Technical University of Munich, Germany
- References: <7164@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 06:53:07 GMT
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- pkedia@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Pradeep Kedia) writes:
-
- >Hi:
- > I have a Personal DecStation 5000/25 running ULTRIX 4.2. I have an RX26
- >2.88 MB 3.5 in. floppy drive on the machine. I am looking for some software
- >(preferably free or shareware) to read and write DOS diskettes (Low or High
- >density) on this drive. I am looking to work with ASCII files only. Any
- >assistance will be appreciated.
-
- >Thanks,
-
- >Pradeep Kedia
-
- Try the mtools-Package which has been posted to comp.sources.unix.
- Available at many sites, e.g. gatekeeper.dec.com in
- /.0/comp.sources.unix/volume11/mtools
-
- To make it work correctly, you should also issue the commands:
- $ cd /dev
- $ chmod 666 rfd0c
-
- Use fddisk to format the floppy.
-
- Works perfectly here.
-
- Have fun,
-
- Herbert
-
-
-
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- Herbert Bauer (heb@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de)
- Institute of Electronic Design Automation
- Technical University of Munich, Germany
-