31 May
1998
31 May
'98
10:01 a.m.
I was just given a unix publishing/graphics suite. Two questions -- (I realize this
may be a little off-topic, so you can reply via e-mail and I apologize) 1) it runs
on SCO Unix -- did I read somewhere this will also run on FreeBSD? My unix
box will be running FreeBSD, so I hope so. 2) It's on a datacartridge.... I have
an old IBM tape drive and an old Mountain Filesafe tape drive -- any idea if this
is the right hardware to read the tape? I figured I'd come to the masters with
these questions. Thanks.
Paul
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
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2 Jun
2 Jun
4:05 p.m.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com wrote:
I was just given a unix publishing/graphics suite. Two questions -- (I realize this
may be a little off-topic, so you can reply via e-mail and I apologize) 1) it runs
on SCO Unix -- did I read somewhere this will also run on FreeBSD? My unix
box will be running FreeBSD, so I hope so. 2) It's on a datacartridge.... I have
an old IBM tape drive and an old Mountain Filesafe tape drive -- any idea if this
is the right hardware to read the tape? I figured I'd come to the masters with
these questions. Thanks.
Well, first, make sure you can read the tape _at all_.
# dd if=/dev/(whatever your tape drive is called) of=/tmp/image
If that doesn't work, cease further troubleshooting until you find
fresh tape device drivers _or_ find out you should have used a
different entry in /dev. Repeat until done.
Then, your best bet is (_if_ you got a good tape read) to try it
under the Intel Binary Compatibility Suite, as iBCS is standard in
all current Linux distributions and the FreeBSD package I have --
I'll admit I haven't even _tried_ it with FreeBSD, but I'm using it
to _attempt_ migration of device drivers from an old StarGate
multi-serial card I found (source supplied for SCO Xenix) to Linux.
(I'm _not_ a system or device driver level programmer).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
4 Jun
4 Jun
4:04 p.m.
Thanks, Ward.
I'll give it a shot when I get the FreeBSD box up and running and find out if the
two tape drives I have even work.
Paul
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
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