From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 1/8/20 7:47 PM, Paul wrote:   
   > philo wrote:   
   >> On 1/7/20 7:13 PM, philo wrote:   
   >>> I am still fooling with the SCO Unix server I had mentioned the other   
   >>> day.   
   >>>   
   >>> I was given specific instructions how to create and retrieve a gzip   
   >>> archive on a separate partition using cpio   
   >>>   
   >>> Now I am working on a bare minimum installation that does not have gzip.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Since I an only transferring a small amount of data, I don't need it.   
   >>> I do need help with exact context   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I would like to take one folder and use cpio to let's say) copy it to   
   >>> /dev/hd0   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I would then put the drive with the archive on it into second machine   
   >>> and un-archive the files back to a folder   
   >>>   
   >>> Could anyone give me an exact example?   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Appreciate all the help Paul and Grant.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Bela, the guy who worked for SCO gave me this advice and it worked.   
   >>   
   >> do not have to worry about tar or gzip as it's only a tiny amount of data   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> linux# find games | cpio -ov | compress > /dev/hd04  ### except, the   
   >> right name for the target partition,   
   >>  under linux...   
   >> sco# cd /target/location;   
   >>  zcat < /dev/hd04 | cpio -ivdm   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Now I can fool with some of those old text based games on my own   
   >> workshop machine.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> May even put it in a virtual machine   
   >>   
   >   
   > You probably didn't need the compress step.   
   >   
   > Like, this much would work.   
   >   
   > cpio -ov > /dev/hd04   
   >   
   > Then, when you pull that off on the other side,   
   > it's effectively a copy of "archive.cpio" stored   
   > on the hard drive as if the hard drive is a tape.   
   >   
   > And the reason I want to make an intermediate file with   
   > the "file list" on it, is so I can check and be sure   
   > I've got the items in the list, that I expect. For   
   > example, one directory in the tree I tried to process,   
   > was "access denied" due to permissions. And I could   
   > discover my error, without waiting for the first run   
   > of the archive attempt, to finish.   
   >   
   > Compression is only necessary, if there's some problem   
   > with the available space on the hard drive used. Like   
   > trying to stick 16GB of files on an 8GB drive. As   
   > the source computer may not be able to deal with   
   > really large drives (depending on what era the   
   > OS is from).   
   >   
   >     Paul   
      
      
   It was a lot of fun.   
   I even have it running in a virtual machine now   
      
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