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* Reading AIX 1.x floppiesLouis Ohland
`* Re: Reading AIX 1.x floppiesGrant Taylor
 `* Re: Reading AIX 1.x floppiesGrant Taylor
  `* AIX Install Disk Image FormatLouis Ohland
   `* Re: AIX Install Disk Image FormatGrant Taylor
    `- Re: AIX Install Disk Image FormatLouis Ohland

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Reading AIX 1.x floppies

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From: ohland@charter.net (Louis Ohland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Reading AIX 1.x floppies
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:39:29 -0600
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 by: Louis Ohland - Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:39 UTC

Folks, I'm diving into a pool of AIXes here.

I wandt to look inside the AIX update floppies for any sordid of text
that could help me understand.

Re: Reading AIX 1.x floppies

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From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Reading AIX 1.x floppies
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 by: Grant Taylor - Sat, 27 Jan 2024 01:33 UTC

On 1/26/24 16:39, Louis Ohland wrote:
> I wandt to look inside the AIX update floppies for any sordid of text
> that could help me understand.

I /think/ that AIX 1.x software distribution disks were more a raw CPIO
(type) medium than a formatted file system.

--
Grant. . . .

Re: Reading AIX 1.x floppies

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From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Reading AIX 1.x floppies
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 by: Grant Taylor - Sat, 27 Jan 2024 01:34 UTC

On 1/26/24 19:33, Grant Taylor wrote:
> I /think/ that AIX 1.x software distribution disks were more a raw CPIO
> (type) medium than a formatted file system.

Find some documentation about how to access them from AIX and that will
give you a good indication of what they are.

--
Grant. . . .

AIX Install Disk Image Format

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From: ohland@charter.net (Louis Ohland)
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Subject: AIX Install Disk Image Format
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 by: Louis Ohland - Sat, 27 Jan 2024 02:02 UTC

https://www.ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_Install_Disk_Image_Format.html

"Douglas Hall diddled about and came up with:
After a bit of experimenting witht the various formats (dd, tar,
cpio etc,) it finally turns out the format of the floppies is the aix
backup format. "

So what will read it in the Windows world?

Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 1/26/24 19:33, Grant Taylor wrote:
>> I /think/ that AIX 1.x software distribution disks were more a raw
>> CPIO (type) medium than a formatted file system.
>
> Find some documentation about how to access them from AIX and that will
> give you a good indication of what they are.
>
>
>

Re: AIX Install Disk Image Format

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From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor)
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Subject: Re: AIX Install Disk Image Format
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 by: Grant Taylor - Sat, 27 Jan 2024 02:33 UTC

On 1/26/24 20:02, Louis Ohland wrote:
> So what will read it in the Windows world?

AIX 1.3 running in VM connected to the (virtual) floppy drive.

--
Grant. . . .

Re: AIX Install Disk Image Format

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Subject: Re: AIX Install Disk Image Format
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 by: Louis Ohland - Sat, 27 Jan 2024 03:22 UTC

You got that, Lorenzo?

Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 1/26/24 20:02, Louis Ohland wrote:
>> So what will read it in the Windows world?
>
> AIX 1.3 running in VM connected to the (virtual) floppy drive.
>
>
>

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