[Simh] Getting a true Vax disk over to SIMH?

[Norman Lastovica]

Well yah - sure - if you don't have enough space on the system
to back up one if its disks, then you're in trouble still.

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> [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com]On Behalf Of Stanley F. Quayle
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 6:52 AM
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: Re: [Simh] Getting a true Vax disk over to SIMH?
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> 
> On 9 Jan 2006 at 6:41, Norman Lastovica wrote:
> > What I like to do is install LDDRIVER and then create
> > container files and use BACKUP/IMAGE to transfer the
> > 'real' disk to the container file.  Finally dismount
> > the disk and then FTP it (binary mode) to my target
> > system.
> 
> That assumes the existing system has enough free disk space to hold 
> what you're transferring.  That's a problem, especially if you're 
> trying to migrate the whole system...
> 
> --Stan Quayle
> Quayle Consulting Inc.
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