[Info-vax] Disk image viewable in Windows/Linux

[Sum1]

On 2011-08-04 00:06:50 +0000, MG said:

> On 4-8-2011 1:39, Sum1 wrote:
>> I want to make a "copy" of a Files-11 disk that can be viewed in linux
>> or Windows. Not operated on in a files sense, but viewed in a disk
>> container. A virtual disk was created on PersonalAlpha and
>> formatted/filled on VMS8.3. If I look at the virutal disk on
>> linux/windows I have no problem seeing the conttents using winnhex etc.
>> But, am I seeing the disk "structure" as well, such as bitmap.sys,
>> index.sys etc?
>> 
>> Shopuld I be using ld or something similar?
> 
> What would you like to do exactly?
> 
> I don't really know what you mean by "operated on in a files sense."
> But, with NFS and/or CIFS, you can pretty much share it with Linux
> and/or Windows.  (To be able to see data in either Linux or Windows,
> the RMS data won't be able to be preserved and the data probably will
> not be of much use anyway.)
> 
> Even easier would be to simply Zip up an entire disk.  You can even
> preserve version-numbering, to name something.
> 
>   - MG

Perhaps I was unclear when I sad "Not operated on in a files sense, but 
viewed in a disk container." - the key part being "Not"….I want to make 
an exact copy of a Files-11 disk, save it into a container file that 
can be examined in hex on Windows and/or Linux.  vms2linux is a nice 
idea, but not what I want.

I am after a single "container" file, not a native interpretation of 
the contents….

Cheers