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- From: mjlepper@mtu.edu (Matthew J. Lepper)
- Subject: Re: UNIX-PC-UNIX Conversion - How?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.213900.24037@mtu.edu>
- Organization: Michigan Technological University
- References: <1993Jan12.205858.14051@nas.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:39:00 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- harding@sun444.nas.nasa.gov (Steve Harding) writes:
- >In article <1iv7u9INNj7u@fnnews.fnal.gov> dem@fnal.gov writes:
- >>Here's what I do:
- >>
- >>1) format a 1.44 MB diskette on my PC
- >>2) copy the FrameMaker file to it from my hard drive
- >>3) put the diskette in my Sun SparcStation IPX
- >>4) as root on the Sun type "mount -t /dev/fd0 /pcfs"
- >>5) open the file as normal (filename looks like /pcfs/dos.doc)
- >>6) save my work when finished to /pcfs directory
- >>7) as root on the Sun type "umount /pcfs"
- >>8) as root on the Sun type "eject"
- >>9) take the disk bakc to my PC and start the cycle all over.
- >
- >Very clevor. I will have to save this for my bag of tricks.
- >
- >One slight problem. Many of us (especially in a controlled environment)
- >don't have access to the root password.
- >
- >steve
-
- Ask your friendly SysAdmin to install the mtools package (available via
- anon ftp etc.) This is a group of commands (such as mcopy, mdel, mformat
- etc.) that allow sun users to read/write/format IBM-PC 3-1/2" floppies
- on their machines.
-
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