From: Thursday AKA dr._john (thursday@allidaho.com)
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 00:08:08 EST
To the list:
The question was really more of a workstation problem than a system
management issue. But i can see that it could matter to someone in a
lab situation needing to get a bunch of big files off a Unix workstation
to carry to a colleague running windows somewhere, or maybe take to a
conference.
After posting my first summary on this question, I got this. It is way
more than i could find in the man pages, on-line documentation, or the
Cheek book. For better or worse, here it is:
Thanks to Michael Polnick
> Hi,
>
> The version of mtools which comes with the operating system
> is quite a bit old:
>
> OS-version:
> # /usr/ucb/mtools/mdir
> Volume in drive A: is "Dt"
> Directory for A:/
>
> TCV511~1 TAR 962560 12-14-2001 08:54a
> IN TXT 57763 11-27-2002 07:35a
> 2 File(s) 437248 bytes free
>
> Newer tools:
> # /usr/local/bin/mdir
> Volume in drive A has no label
> Directory for A:/
>
> TCV511~1 TAR 962560 12-14-2001 8:54
tcv5117-c0012202-11406-manual-20010814.tar
> in txt 57763 11-27-2002 7:35
> 2 files 1 020 323 bytes
> 437 248 bytes free
>
> As you can see, it uses long filenames.
>
> And the man page stated:
> ...
> The meaning of the drive letters depends on the target
architectures.
How-
> ever, on most target architectures, drive A is the first floppy
drive,
> drive B is the second floppy drive (if available), drive J is a Jaz
drive
> (if available), and drive Z is a Zip drive (if available). On those
sys-
> ...
>
> I have no Zip drive, so I cannot check this.
>
> Currently, however, the Z: drive is not present:
> # mdir Z:
> Drive 'Z:' not supported
> Cannot initialize 'Z:'
>
> You can define it for yourself in the devices.c file:
>
> ...
> #ifdef OS_osf4
> /* modified by Chris Samuel <chris@rivers.dra.hmg.gb> */
> #define predefined_devices
> struct device devices[] = {
> {"/dev/fd0c",'A',GENFD},
> REMOTE
> };
> #endif /* OS_osf4 */
>
> #ifdef OS_osf5
> /* modified by Michael Polnick <polnick@pdv-sachsen.net> */
> #define predefined_devices
> struct device devices[] = {
> {"/dev/disk/floppy0c",'A',GENFD},
> {"/dev/disk/floppy1c",'B',GENFD},
> {"/dev/disk/floppy2c",'C',GENFD},
> {"/dev/disk/floppy3c",'D',GENFD},
> {"/dev/disk/floppy4c",'E',GENFD},
> REMOTE
> };
> #endif /* OS_osf5 */
> ...
>
> and then modify the Makefile to inlcude the OS_osf5.
>
> Mtools can be found at the following places (and their mirrors):
>
> http://mtools.linux.lu/mtools-3.9.6.tar.gz
> ftp://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools/mtools-3.9.6.tar.gz
>
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-3.9.6.tar.gz
>
> (May be today is a newer version, mine is from 2000.)
>
> Regards
> Michael
>
>
> --
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