3.25" Disks on 3b1 --- compatable w. 386 Unix machines?
paul kirkaas
kirkaas at oahu.cs.ucla.edu
Mon Aug 20 16:00:42 AEST 1990
I want to put a 3.25" floppy drive into my 3b1. I think I have a good idea
about the technical side of it (not too tricky) but I
want to know if the resultant disks will be readable in a different machine;
that is a 386 based unix machine. Specifically, i want to back up
all my text files on the 3b1 with a compressed cpio archive across multiple
floppy disks. This is fine if I read the disks back into the 3b1, but what
if something happens to the 3b1 and I want to upgrade to a 386 based unix
machine? Will I be able to restore my multiple-disk cpio'd text files from the
3b1 to the 386?
I would appreciate any information in this regard, as this is a vital
consideration.
Thanks.
Paul
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