Working with diskettes

Copying files from diskette to hard disk

  1. Enter

    cd dirname

    where dirname is the path to the directory into which you want to copy the files (such as /home).

  2. Enter

    cpio -idumv -I special_file

    where special_file is the path to the diskette (raw) device (such as /dev/rdsk/f03ht). See cpio(1).


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