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- Subject: Backing up boot f/s and restoring to new disk
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.194007.793@oneb.almanac.bc.ca>
- From: kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay)
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 19:40:07 GMT
- Organization: The Old Frog's Almanac
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- System: SCO XENIX 2.3.2 GT / Adaptec 1542b
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- I have ordered a 170-meg disk to replace an ailing 110-meg device, and have
- some questions about backing the whole thing up. As tape isn't available, I
- am considering backing up the critical directories to the /u filesystem,
- installing the new disk, and then moving the backup files back to the new
- disk and rebooting.
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- I can use tar to move the files, and to restore them. However, if I do this,
- tar will likely copy some stuff I don't want it to copy, particularly any
- files relating to the new disk.
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- What I need to know is which files specifically relate to booting the new
- disk, so I can delete them from the backup archives before restoring those
- archives back to that disk.
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- I am assuming that if I do that, everything else should be restorable
- without difficulty. I am also assuming that tar will collect all the device
- files from the old disk, and restore them to the new disk. If this isn't
- correct, please let me know, as I'd like to avoid re-installing the multi-IO
- card, modems, etc., not to mention the /u filesystem.
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- Any suggestions (using cpio to move the files instead of tar, for instance)
- would be appreciated, as I don't want to risk losing the existing devices or
- the /u filesystem through errors on my part.
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- To reiterate: I want to backup the boot disk to /u, install a new boot disk
- with different parameters, then restore everything from /u ..
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