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Date:      Sun, 21 Apr 2002 16:07:00 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Mark asks: Easy way to copy CD-ROM > MS-floppy?
Message-ID:  <20020421130700.GD8347@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <3CC26E9E.1F131018@earthlink.net>
References:  <3CC0CAE5.A8A56319@earthlink.net> <877kn1ptad.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <3CC26E9E.1F131018@earthlink.net>

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On 2002-04-21 03:47, Mark Filipak wrote:
>   # tar cvfz /tmp/s_apache.tar.gz /usr/local/s_apache
>
> Then, after I umounted the msdos to avoid a 'busy' error message,
> this is what happened:
> 
>   # dd if=/tmp/s_apache.tar.gz of=/dev/fd0
>   dd: /dev/fd0: end of device
>   2881+0 records in
>   2880+0 records out
>   1474560 bytes transferred in 192.223091 secs (7671 bytes/sec)

Too large file to fit in one floppy.  You should use split(1) to break
the thing in smaller floppy-sized chunks and copy those over to an
equal number of floppies.  Quick guide of split, since you don't have
manpages for GallantWEB:

	# split -b 1400k s_apache.tar.gz

This will create files xaa, xab, xac, ..., which when concatenated in
alphabetical order will produce the original file:

	C:\apache> copy /b xaa+xab+xac+xad apache.tgz

Giorgos Keramidas                       FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr}  http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/

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