Does anyone know of a way to read out Seagate system files via Linux? There a plenty of programs I've tried which are good for getting terminal access such as Putty, Kitty, SecureCRT, etc. but all seem to be lacking the ability to receive binary transfers over com after you issue the r command to the drive.

Anyone know of a program that can do this? Even if it's not a free one.

(PS I have PC-3000 and other professional tools, this is for a side project I'm working on)

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Nevermind I figured out a way to do it with one of the programs. I was just getting confused by some strange behavior, but it's good. Unfortunately it's not one of the free options.

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minicom Y-modem ?

Yeah, that's all script based though. Doesn't exactly make it easy to actively work in terminal and then download/upload system files as needed. I've found an option that'll definitely work (at $130 per license) now I'm just hoping to find a free option as the point in this exercise is to create a budget-friendly system that can be used for some remote work.

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Maybe it's okay?$
http://cutecom.sourceforge.net/
It has the ability to "send a file"

130$ ?!!! . Extremely powerful ZOC is sold for 80 (though under Windows).

I tried cutecom, it couldn't read a system file as far as I could tell.

It turned out I was able to buy the program for $99 instead of $130. I'm actually really liking it and I think it's well worth the money. It includes multi-OS versions of the program and has some cool stuff I've never seen in any other program. For example, you can plug in python scripts to perform terminal operations for you. I already wrote a python script that'll instantly send the spindown command to the drive as soon as it spins up. Will be really nice for trying to get terminal access on Grenada drives that get stuck busy right after power on.

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I am curious how much demand there would be for something like this, but more dedicated to working with hard drives. Terminal access is on my bucket list to add to HDDSuperTool someday in the future, but it is low on the list since there are so many other programs to communicate with terminal. Plus most people are more comfortable with Windows and everything I write is for Linux, so I figured it would not be high demand.

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