Subject: Re: ZIP disk/domestic/bootstrapping...
To: Ross Sponholtz <rossspon@mindspring.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-hp300
Date: 04/01/1997 15:00:42
On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 08:54:50 -0500
"Ross Sponholtz" <rossspon@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Surprisingly, I have had absolutely no luck dd'ing onto a ZIP disk. I
> dd'ed off all of the
> data, but I haven't been able to put it back on. Any hints would be
> appreciated.
...hmmm, interesting. I need some more information to sort this out:
- The exact command you used to dd the data onto the disk.
- The exact error messages you encounter.
- The output of both:
disklabel sdN
disklabel -r sdN
...where N is the unit number that the ZIP drive lives on.
Hmm... sheesh, ZIP drives are so cheap, maybe I should go out and get
one one fo these days...
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