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Title: "ASK THE WIZARDS"
Moderator:QUARK::LIONEL
Created:Mon Oct 30 1995
Last Modified:Mon May 12 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1857
Total number of notes:3728

1821.0. "Open: disk problems" by STAR::JKEENAN () Tue Apr 29 1997 14:04

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Name: REINALDO BARROSO ALVES
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CPU Architecture: Alpha
Version: v 6.2
Questions: 

i have the disks:

mka100: , dva0: , dka0: , dka300: , dka400:

how do i copy a ascii file (for instance, in text format)
in a

floppy disk(formatted in DOS) to the ALPHA 400 that runs
Open-Vms ?

How do I init the DVA0: ??? (this unit is for floppy disk,
right) ?

And how to copy a file from the Alpha to this floppy disk ?

Hope you can help me out.

Tkx in advance.

Reinaldo
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1821.1PATHWORKS PCDISK, MadGoat PCX, Etc...XDELTA::HOFFMANSteve, OpenVMS EngineeringTue Apr 29 1997 17:5312
   DVA0: is the floppy disk.

   You will need to acquire a tool that allows OpenVMS to read FAT
   format PC disks -- once you have this tool, the transfer can be
   made easily.  (A PCDISK tool is available as part of PATHWORKS;
   the MadGoat PC Exchange (PCX) package is also around.  For PCX,
   see http://www.wku.edu/www/madgoat/pcx.html for detailed info.
   Other tools are available.)

   In general, network transfers are somewhat easier.