On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 07:45:26PM -0500, Sergey Babkin wrote:
> Wilko Bulte wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 03:59:52PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Does anybody know of tools to read a Digital Unix "vdump" tape on FreeBSD?
> > > I have a number of such tapes, and would prefer to read them on an (Intel)
> > > FreeBSD box instead of having to reinstall DU on a machine which has had
> > > its disks wiped.
> >
> > Vdump, the dump incarnation for Tru64 AdvFS, can to the best of my knowledge
> > only be read by vrestore. I'm afraid your stuck to using a T64 box for this.
>
> If AdvFS is just another incarnation of VXFS there may be
> a chance that it could be read by vxrestore on UnixWare.
> So if there is absolutely no Alpha machine around then
> free UnixWare (binary-only but still free except for the
> CD cost, like $17) may be worth a try.
It is a development of the Digital era, originally called MegaSafe
Filesystem. It is not, AFAIK, based on VxFS at all.
--
Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands
http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org
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