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

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In article <4e3a0cfd$0$29970$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>, Sum1 <not at here.com> writes:
>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….

Use LD on OpenVMS.

$ LD CREATE container.dsk /SIZE=<x-number-of-blocks>
$ LD CONNECT container.dsk LDA1:
$ INIT LDA1: label
$ MOUNT LDA1: label

Put your files on the mounted LDA1: device.  Then...

$ DISMOUNT LDA1:
$ LD DISCONNECT LDA1:


You can now move the container.dsk file as a binary image to your
linux machine.


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