28 Mar
2014
28 Mar
'14
1:54 p.m.
I'm trying to figure out how to access an rx33 floppy disk on a pdp11/83 without going
through the disklabel process.
It would be nice if I could write a tar archive to a floppy with my Linux system, and
extract it on the 11/83. Unfortunately, since the rx33 looks like any other MSCP disk to
unix, it doesn't seem to want to access the floppy unless a disklabel (and file
system) is present.
I'm sure there must be some way to get actual raw access to the floppy drive under
2.11bsd, but I can't seem to figure it out, and I've spent some time looking
through the ra device driver source. Frustration levels are high -:)
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.