From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Sep 10 16:01:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B211A0193C for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com (dorsai-02.celestial.com [192.136.111.19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B8271F83 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:01:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74945214B489 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:52:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at celestial.com Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dorsai-02.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id n5kPwGFvVAdY for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:52:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DDBE2146215 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:52:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86ED644F9361; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:52:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id SiagZ9MEUAa6; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:52:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 6CBBA44F935F; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:52:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:52:47 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xenix (sysv) filesystem and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20150910155247.GA6875@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <55F13B5A.3070408@pahlevanzadeh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55F13B5A.3070408@pahlevanzadeh.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 OpenPKG/CURRENT (2009-01-05) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:01:49 -0000 On Thu, Sep 10, 2015, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a hdd (scsi), about 1985. I can detect hdd and geometry, But > maybe linux kernel removed xenix (sysv) filesytem. > Question is , 1. Can i detect it via freebsd? 2. Can I read xenix (sysv) > filesytem ? As others have suggested, use dd to copy the entire disk to an image file. We still have several clients running SCO systems, mostly OpenServer in production. The only reliable solution I've found is to run them under VMware as it emulates old hardware that's understood by SCO (e.g. SCSI disks and ancient NICs). Getting VMware to recognize these disk images is a bit of a hassle as it requires manually creating the vmdk file to describe the geometry. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms within his own lands -- Thomas Jefferson