Reading SCO floppy on Linux

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Is there any way I can read a floppy written on SCO Unix 3 on a Redhat Linux 6.0 machine?? If so, how?

Thanks in advance,
Leo
:confused:

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write and read the floppy using tar normally works.

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Unfortunately, it was written with some proprietary SCO Unix based software that formatted the floppy 1st, then added data to it... I cant mount it no matter what I try.

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Linux kernel supports many filesystems types and the chances are good that the filesystem on the floppy is supported. If you can find out what the filesystem is, you can remake the kernel to recognize the filesystem.

What filesystems does SCO support?

Here is a list from linux mount command:

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try:

mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

You may need to adjust, of course, for the correct floppy device and mount directory. A lot of the time, auto will mount it just fine. If that doesn't work, try:

mount -t sysv /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

Now, if THAT doesn't work, it's possible you do not have native support for that filesystem... It'll take a little work, but it can be done...