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Conference mvblab::alphaserver_4100

Title:	AlphaServer 4100

Moderator:	MOVMON::DAVISS

Created:	Tue Apr 16 1996
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	648
Total number of notes:	3158

621.0. "listing/copying floppy at >>> prompt" by VIVIAN::C_MCCARTHY () Thu May 22 1997 11:04

    I have tried the following commands at the ">>> prompt" and 
    sometimes they work and sometimes they don't, on bothe a
    A2100 and A4100.
    
    ls -l fat:\*/dva0 |more              lists contents of floppy
    cat fat:\filename.txt/dva0 >fred     outputs floppy file to buffer
    show config > fat:\filename.txt/dva0 outputs config info to text
                                         file on floopy
    
    Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get it to work every time.
    Thanks in advance
    
    Cornell

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621.1 HARMNY::CUMMINS Wed May 28 1997 12:26 24

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621.1		HARMNY::CUMMINS		`Wed May 28 1997 12:26`	24
	This worked for me.. P00>>>ls fat:./dva0 -l --a----- 07/02/1996 17:10:48 948224 RAWHIDE.SYS P00>>>sho config >fred P00>>>cat fred > fat:fred.txt/dva0 P00>>>ls fat:./dva0 -l --a----- 07/02/1996 17:10:48 948224 RAWHIDE.SYS --a----- 05/28/2073 14:53:20 1787 FRED.TXT P00>>> A couple things to note.. Versions of 4100/4000 SRM console prior to V4.8-X required one to do the following prior to using the floppy and console's FAT driver: P00>>>show dev floppy # or config floppy, if in diag mode P00>>>load fat # load the FAT overlay from ROM V4.8-X console and beyond issue these two commands in the console's power-up script so one no longer needs to issue the above two commands.. Not sure about what may be causing intermittent behavior on the 2100 platform. You might try asking the same question in the MVBLAB::SABLE conference. BC

This worked for me..

P00>>>ls fat:*.*/dva0 -l
--a----- 07/02/1996 17:10:48    948224 RAWHIDE.SYS
P00>>>sho config >fred
P00>>>cat fred > fat:fred.txt/dva0
P00>>>ls fat:*.*/dva0 -l
--a----- 07/02/1996 17:10:48    948224 RAWHIDE.SYS
--a----- 05/28/2073 14:53:20      1787 FRED.TXT
P00>>>

A couple things to note.. Versions of 4100/4000 SRM console prior to V4.8-X
required one to do the following prior to using the floppy and console's FAT
driver:

P00>>>show dev floppy             # or config floppy, if in diag mode
P00>>>load fat                    # load the FAT overlay from ROM

V4.8-X console and beyond issue these two commands in the console's power-up
script so one no longer needs to issue the above two commands.. Not sure about
what may be causing intermittent behavior on the 2100 platform. You might try
asking the same question in the MVBLAB::SABLE conference.

BC