Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:51:18 -0500 From: James Tanis <jtanis@pycoder.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving disks between archs Message-ID: <65dcde740602100951k17bf8330o15e1b78bd2ee55be@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060209203330.GA11506@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <43EA72B9.5070307@gmail.com> <20060209203330.GA11506@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Tar will work, but not a drive formatted on an i386 with a tar file on it. If its a sparc, why not just plug it into the network temporarily? Ive never seen a sparc without an integrated ethernet card. On 2/9/06, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:37:45PM +0100, Paolino wrote: > > I'm using a disk to bring data to an network-isolated machine running > > sparc. What filesystem can I use to get some compatibility? > > > > Having placed an UFS from an i386, makes it unreadable on the sparc, IR= C > > guys tought me it's an endiannes problem. > > > > Is tar going to work ? > > tar will work, so you can always write the tar file to the raw disk > (i.e. use no filesystem). > > Kris > > > -- James Tanis jtanis@pycoder.org http://pycoder.org
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