Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:14:27 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> Cc: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anybody have tools to read a Digital Unix "vdump" tape on FreebSD? Message-ID: <20000331081427.A50579@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <38E3F526.79CBAE3B@bellatlantic.net>; from babkin@bellatlantic.net on Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 07:45:26PM -0500 References: <42000.954338392@verdi.nethelp.no> <20000329204851.C2044@yedi.iaf.nl> <38E3F526.79CBAE3B@bellatlantic.net>
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 07:45:26PM -0500, Sergey Babkin wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 03:59:52PM +0200, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > Does anybody know of tools to read a Digital Unix "vdump" tape on FreeBSD? > > > I have a number of such tapes, and would prefer to read them on an (Intel) > > > FreeBSD box instead of having to reinstall DU on a machine which has had > > > its disks wiped. > > > > Vdump, the dump incarnation for Tru64 AdvFS, can to the best of my knowledge > > only be read by vrestore. I'm afraid your stuck to using a T64 box for this. > > If AdvFS is just another incarnation of VXFS there may be > a chance that it could be read by vxrestore on UnixWare. > So if there is absolutely no Alpha machine around then > free UnixWare (binary-only but still free except for the > CD cost, like $17) may be worth a try. It is a development of the Digital era, originally called MegaSafe Filesystem. It is not, AFAIK, based on VxFS at all. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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