Using floppy

[Priss]

Hi, I am new to all this. I am using HP-UX 10.20, I am trying to copy a script onto the box, then copy a few files created by the script onto a floppy disk. There seems to be many ways of doing this. Could you tell me the simplest way of doing it? Many thanks...

[Jairo Campana]

example:
The device needed to archive to a floppy device is /dev/fl0a.
The command:

tar cvf /dev/fl0a object
will write to the floppy disk the file object or all files in the
directory object.

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

Two ways ..
1) By setting the floppy to a HFS filesystem then copy it.
2) Using dos related copy utilities.
For 1.. (assuming c1t1d0 isyour floppy drive) .. insert a blank unformatted floppy, then run ..
# newfs -F hfs /dev/rfloppy/c1t1d0
# mkdir /temp
# mount /dev/floppy/c1t1d0 /temp
# cp /temp
# ll /temp
# umount /temp

For 2.. insert a formatted dos floppy and run..
# doscp /dev/rfloppy/c1t1d0:/
# dosll /dev/rfloppy/c1t1d0:

[Jairo Campana]

add something but with mkdone to the answer of S.K CHAN

To copy the file from a floppy to your
HP-UX system, follow these steps 1

1. Create the special device file for the floppy drive using:

mknod /dev/rfloppy c 4 0xScAd00 Where Sc is the select code of
the low speed HP-IB and Ad is the address of the floppy drive

2. Copy the DOS file from the floppy to the HP-UX hard drive using:

doscp /dev/rfloppy:DOS_FILE /users/some_user/DOS_FILE

3. You can also use:

dosls /dev/rfloppy: To list the contents of the floppy.

[Francisco J. Soler]

Hi,
Another method:
Go to http://hpux.connect.org.uk/
search for mtools and install it via depot to your box, then you have new tools to access to your drive like a floppy in a windows box.

The new commands are mdir, mcopy and so on. You have not to type in the device for the floppy.

Frank.

[Priss]

Thanks to all of you, I haven't had a chance to try it yet. I will update points as soon as I have the chance to try! :)

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

The built in commands to work with floppy in HPUX is dos commands
doscp
you must use row floppy device /dev/rfloppy/cXtXdX:
(use ioscan -nfCfloppy to find the device)
you can use wild cards as "*" "." and so on
the problem with this tools is that is like in dos 8.3 file name.
example: doscp /dev/rfloppy/cXtXdX:/AST.TXT /tmp/ast.txt

* note that if ioscan would return the entry for floppy you may be need to compile the driver in the kernel (use sam or mk_kernel)

Caesar