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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: System-CDROM to DAT ??
- Message-ID: <u4tne9s@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 21:59:55 GMT
- References: <bt0bs*OU0@video1.han.de>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <bt0bs*OU0@video1.han.de> achim@video1.han.de (Joachim Gothe) writes:
- | we just got an Upgrade to 4.0.5.F for our Indigos at University.
- |
- | One of our Indigos is at a Professor in Africa. :-\
- |
- | I want to make a copy of the CDROMs on DAT, so that I can sent
- | the Upgrade to him. He has a DAT, but no CDROM.
- |
- | Is it possible, to copy the CDROMs, that he can use INST from the
- | DAT and that he can install the Upgrade?
-
- Yes, and yes.
-
- Make sure you use the byte swapped, fixed block device for the DAT
- (neither are the default!), as that is what all the SGI proms
- expect, for historical reasons, if you want the tape to be bootable
- (as it must be to install eoe*).
-
- Mount the CD somewhere (for the sake of the instructions below,
- assume the CD-ROM is SCSI ID #4, and the DAT is SCSI ID#2), either
- manually, or with cdromd via the system manager; manual instructions
- are included here, then use distcp to copy from the CD to tape.
-
- mkdir /cdrom
- mount -o ro /dev/dsk/dks0d4s7 /cdrom
- cd /cdrom/dist
- distcp -v . /dev/rmt/tps0d2 '*'
- # (verify it)
- distcp -cv /dev/rmt/tps0d2 .
-
- Indigo's will recognize the DAT automatically, if you use the
- Install choice on the PROM menu.
- --
- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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