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Saving Files to a Floppy Diskette
Use the following instructions to save files to a floppy diskette:
1.
Check that the write-protect tab on the floppy diskette is in the
write position.
2.
Load the formatted floppy diskette into the disk drive.
3.
In a terminal window enter the following command line to write
to the diskette:
tar –cvf devicefile pathname
Enter
where devicefile is the device file as listed by sam and pathname
is the pathname of the file or directory containing files that you
want to write to the diskette.
Restoring Files from a Floppy Diskette to Your System
Use the following instructions to restore files from a floppy diskette
to your system:
1.
Load the floppy diskette into the disk drive.
2.
In a terminal window, use the cd command to change to the di-
rectory you want the files to reside in:
cd directory_path
Enter
where directory_path is the pathname of the directory.
3.
Enter the following command line: