Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:14:17 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: James Tanis <jtanis@pycoder.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: moving disks between archs Message-ID: <20060210201417.GC67059@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <65dcde740602100951k17bf8330o15e1b78bd2ee55be@mail.gmail.com> References: <43EA72B9.5070307@gmail.com> <20060209203330.GA11506@xor.obsecurity.org> <65dcde740602100951k17bf8330o15e1b78bd2ee55be@mail.gmail.com>
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--OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:51:18PM -0500, James Tanis wrote: > Tar will work, but not a drive formatted on an i386 with a tar file on > it. Not if you store the tar file in a UFS filesystem on the drive, but I suggested writing it to the raw disk where it is just a stream of bits and therefore endian-neutral. Kris P.S. Don't top-post, it ruins continuity. If its a sparc, why not just plug it into the network temporarily? > Ive never seen a sparc without an integrated ethernet card. >=20 > 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, = IRC > > > 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 > > > > > > >=20 >=20 > -- > James Tanis > jtanis@pycoder.org > http://pycoder.org >=20 --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD7PQYWry0BWjoQKURAjWTAKDXUzPH6IwMm97vr9JKL3qaPrrvZgCg8aOY 9/yiwCpyl+eknxr78VjdNK4= =oJDC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn--
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