SUMMARY: Mtools for OSF/1

From: Andrew Greer <Andrew.Greer_at_vuw.ac.nz>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 14:51:11 +1300

  Mtools runs fine on OSF/1. It helps to look at the DEC FAQs, mtools is also
available on the Freeware CD.

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D2. How can I read/write MS-DOS floppy disks?

If you have a floppy disk drive on your ULTRIX or OSF/1 system, get
"mtools", a set of MS-DOS utilities for UNIX. The package can be
copied from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/mtools-2.0.7. It works on
both DECstations and Alphas.

When you build mtools, you need to find out which device your floppy
is (/dev/rrz2c is common). Then you can clone the SPARC definitions,
or #define SPARC and make /dev/rfd0c a symlink to the one you need.
                                        [Win Treese, treese_at_lcs.mit.edu]


Also we discovered that it was successfully built and installed. It turns out
the first disk we tried wasn't a DOS disk, contrary to what the person who
supplied claimed. Thanks to:

    Charlie Jui, jui_at_greisen.physics.utah.edu
    Paul A. Sand, pas_at_kepler.unh.edu
    Fabian, "daivc::fabian"_at_daivc.enet.dec.com


        Andrew


Andrew Greer,
VMS and Unix Systems Manager
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