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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Accessing a mounted MSDOS floppy from a remote host?
- Message-ID: <rvklbnc@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 08:44:06 GMT
- References: <1992Nov5.042926.9634@netcom.com>
- Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1992Nov5.042926.9634@netcom.com> jchauvin@netcom.com (John H. Chauvin) writes:
- | Can some one recommend a more efficient procedure for accessing a mounted,
- | MSDOS formatted floppy from a remote machine. Using rcp results in an I/O
- | error. I have tried to NFS mount /usr/floppy on the remote machine, but the
- | directory is always empty.The only method that seems to work is to rlogin to the
- | local machine, copy the files from the floppy to the local machine, then remote
- | copy them to the remote host. I am currently using a Indigo XS/XS24 with a SGI
- | 3.5 inch internal floppy drive. We are running IRIX 4.0.5F.
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- It isn't currently possible to NFS export DOS floppies.
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- If rcp gets an i/o error when going to or from the floppy, then
- you presumably have media problems, see /usr/adm/SYSLOG on
- the system with the floppy to see if any have been logged.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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