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Re: [SLE] Need DOS or WIN utility for housekeeping
- From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:20:02 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511131049.39017.bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 13 November 2005 10:31 am, Lonn Dugan wrote:
> I had some stuff like this 20 years ago, but don't know if it was in DR DOS
> or SCO Unix. I can't go to either of those now (maybe DR DOS 6 is
> possible).
>
> Is there a file copy utility for WINDOWS or DOS to copy unix files on
> floppies to WIN or dos files system (and vice-versa) that can be used
> without Linux or Unix on the machine?
>
> If answer is NO ...!
> While awaiting new machine and distro selection, which is a manageable and
> compact distro from the web for temporary use on an old Celeron box for
> nothing more than consolidating unix files from floppies onto the hard disk
> and burning to a CD?
Yes... you can create FAT fs floppies on linux and write files to them.
You may have to consider the 'linend' situation which may be different in
Windows but maybe not.
Does that solve the problem?
> I had some stuff like this 20 years ago, but don't know if it was in DR DOS
> or SCO Unix. I can't go to either of those now (maybe DR DOS 6 is
> possible).
>
> Is there a file copy utility for WINDOWS or DOS to copy unix files on
> floppies to WIN or dos files system (and vice-versa) that can be used
> without Linux or Unix on the machine?
>
> If answer is NO ...!
> While awaiting new machine and distro selection, which is a manageable and
> compact distro from the web for temporary use on an old Celeron box for
> nothing more than consolidating unix files from floppies onto the hard disk
> and burning to a CD?
Yes... you can create FAT fs floppies on linux and write files to them.
You may have to consider the 'linend' situation which may be different in
Windows but maybe not.
Does that solve the problem?
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