[Info-vax] OT: For MAC Lovers Only :-)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-10-13 19:49:38 +0000, JF Mezei said:

> On 12-10-13 09:32, Steven Schweda wrote:
> 
>> ALP $ moun /noass /fore dva0:
>> %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED,  mounted on _ALP$DVA0:
>> ALP $ copy dva0: UofMN_Mac_Internet_Kit_1.img
> 
> 
> Mac diskettes do not have "ANSI" structure that /Foreign expects.

MOUNT will issue a diagnostic for the missed labels, but will otherwise work.

And MOUNT /FOREIGN intentionally doesn't care.  It's explicitly coded 
to OpenVMS software to access a foreign-format disk.

> You need to use backup/physical to copy the whole disk to a container,..

No, you don't.

COPY works just fine for block transfers from foreign-mounted media.

Yes, you can even COPY from floppy to floppy, if you have dual floppy disks.

There are some latent (simplistic) disk image replication and disk 
image block-editing tools in VMS, too.



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