Done below. Semmed to have worked properly. I only intend using the floppy for the backup thanks. Linz
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 19:38 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:08, Lindsay wrote: > > Thanks. I managed to save them on a floppy and have saved the > > instructions for future. I'm not sure that it completed the job and I > > wouldn't know how find out. It sort of stopped with a blinking cursor > > at the bottom, but no indication to say it had completed the task. Is > > that normal? > Yes, In unix no news is good news. _Always_. > > To check that your archive is complete:- > > cat /dev/fd0 | cpio --extract --list > > check that you don't get any nasty messages. > > btw, now that you have a cpio archive on the floppy you do know that you > can't > use it for other files don't you. ( You did ask for something simple ) > > Look folks he's done it! > > He can type 33 characters so he can now justify calling our Min. of Ed. for > half a dozen NCEA units. :-) > > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell. > >
