I did tar -cyvf /boot /dev/fd0 and /mnt# tar -xyvf /dev/fd0 and it created /mnt/boot/ and all the files from /boot appeared in /mnt/boot
Next I tried tar -cvMf /dev/fd0 /etc and after some floppy action, I was prompted: "Prepare volume #2 for /dev/fd0 and hit return:" I'd recommend running 'badblocks' on the diskettes and using only those that report 0 bad blocks. ;-) tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13 ... HTH, Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
