Transferring Data To And From A Floppy Diskette - HP Visualize B1000 Owner's Manual

Transferring Data To and From a Floppy Diskette

This section describes how to transfer data (reading and writing) to and
from your floppy diskette using the HP-UX tar command with your
floppy drive's device file.
You need to set the write-protect tab to the write position to transfer data
to the diskette. The write-protect tab can be in either position when
restoring data from a diskette or listing the files on a diskette.
Saving Files to a Floppy Diskette
Use the following instructions to save files to a floppy diskette:
1. Check the write-protect tab on the floppy diskette to ensure that it is
in the write position.
2. Load the formatted floppy diskette into the disk drive.
3. Type the following command in a terminal window at the prompt and
press :
Enter
tar -cvf devicefile pathname
where devicefile is the device file as listed by SAM (see the section
"Using Device Files" in this chapter), and pathname is the path name
of the file or directory containing files that you want to write to the
diskette.
Chapter 3
Using Your 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk Drive
Operating the Floppy Drive
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