Its been a while for me but isn't there a foxtar utility
on the 70 series platform ? This of course presupposes
that a tar formatted floppy is OK.
An even simpler approach os to use DOS diskettes
on Solaris and then do nothing special on Wintel.
See "format -d" and "mount /pcfs" commands.
Warren
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>Does anyone know of any utility (hopefully free) that will allow you to
>read
>a Unix (Solaris) formatted floppy on a DOS/Wintell machine? This would be
>really handy to have on my desktop machine. I have made a feeble attempt
>to
>find a utility like this on the Source of All Knowledge (the Internet) with
>no luck, but with the combined scrounging skills of everyone on the list,
>maybe someone has had better luck. Any pointers or information would be
>appreciated.
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