Using Your
Operating the Floppy Drive
Transferring Data To and From a Floppy Diskette
This section describes how to transfer data to and from your floppy diskette (saving and restoring) using the
The tar command saves files to a floppy diskette, restores files from a floppy diskette, or lists files on a floppy diskette.
You need to set the write protect tab to the write position to transfer data to the diskette. The
Saving Files to a Floppy Diskette
Use the following instructions to save files to a floppy diskette:
1Check that the
2Load the formatted floppy diskette into the disk drive.
3In a terminal window, enter the following command line to write to the diskette:
tar
where devicefile is the device file as listed by sam and pathname is the path- name of the file or directory containing files that you want to write to the dis- kette.
Restoring Files from a Floppy Diskette to Your System
Use the following instructions to restore files from a floppy diskette to your system:
1Load the floppy diskette into the disk drive.
2In a terminal window, use the cd command to change to the directory you want the files to reside in:
cd directory_path
where directory_path is the pathname of the directory.
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