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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!gmi!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uunet!world!cdi From: cdi@world.std.com (william f fiore) Subject: mread 2.05 dont work Message-ID: <CxMqHt.MJB@world.std.com> Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 21:03:28 GMT Lines: 26 ok....i can 'install' from any of 3 floppies that i have with various dist.fs that i have accumulated but none of them can do the mread of the BIN01.* files. i discovered that only floppies w/ zero bad blocks are to be used! but i cant load the BIN01.* files to do an extract. a bug FAQ that i have mentions creating a /dev entry with MAKDEV but all that does is a 'mknod' so i tried a few incantations but no luck... i have none of the BIN01.* files loaded! mread "a:*.*" /tmp gives an error as follows cant initialize A: i tried poking at various news archives but no luck. -- latr$ William F. Fiore Jr. ($BILFJR) ONLINE SINCE '79(sm) Compute Data Inc RR181B Douglas MA 01516 USA +1 508 476 3663(voice/fax)