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- From: kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
- Subject: Boot filesystem backup/restore
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.192445.21570@oneb.almanac.bc.ca>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 19:24:45 GMT
- Organization: The Old Frog's Almanac
- Lines: 22
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- System: SCO XENIX 3.2.3 GT
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- I have been offered the brief loan of a SCSI tape drive (150 meg) so I can
- back up my root filesystem, which will let me re-install the OS and
- hopefully resolve some SCSI disk problems in the process.
-
- I have no experience with this, but understand that using tar for the backup
- won't archive the device drivers. What I want to do is this: back up the
- _entire_ root filesystem, re-install the OS to the point where I can restore
- from tape, restore everything from tape, over-writing existing files, and
- reboot.
-
- Is that possible? If so, do I use cpio for the job? What switches should I
- use?
-
- Any suggestions welcomed :-)
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