In comp.sys.mac.vintage, André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
This is a longshot, but does anyone know of any utilities (OS X or
classic - doesn't matter) which can mount and/or extract files from
SVFS (the A/UX file system) disk images?
My recollection is that A/UX used a System V filesystem. These days
"SVFS" maps to a completely different FS. I would test if various free
unixes like Linux and FreeBSD or emulated older unixes could mount it.
In message <eli$2005281224@qaz.wtf> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
In comp.sys.mac.vintage, André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
This is a longshot, but does anyone know of any utilities (OS X or
classic - doesn't matter) which can mount and/or extract files from
SVFS (the A/UX file system) disk images?
My recollection is that A/UX used a System V filesystem. These days
"SVFS" maps to a completely different FS. I would test if various free
unixes like Linux and FreeBSD or emulated older unixes could mount it.
A/UX used two different filesystems, version 3.0 abandoned the SVFS
format, but I don't remember what they went to. I know of no way to
access the old SVFS and all the searches for it bring up the other SVFS
where the V stands for Virtual.
I suspect the Mac II emulator is the only way to go. You will need to
create a disk image in your host OS that is empty and then move the
files to the empty image in your shoebill emulator. This will need you
to know exactly how to use dd to first make the image and second copy
the files to that image.
We used to run A/UX on a Quadra 950 but I really don't remember much about its file systems.
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