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- From: dswartz@redondo.sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
- Subject: Re: Restoring root partition dumps
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 23:39:18 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering
- Lines: 27
- Message-ID: <1iiev6INNt0k@transfer.stratus.com>
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- In article <1ii9vvINNpfi@parlo.hal.COM> paul@hal.COM (Paul Sander) writes:
- >In article <1ii8veINNqib@transfer.stratus.com> dswartz@redondo.sw.stratus.com
- >(Dan Swartzendruber) writes:
- >
- >[Nightmare with dump/restore on live root partition omitted]
- >
- >How about creating a 10 megabyte disaster recovery partition with your
- >minimal kernel and restore software? You can boot up with it, restore to
- >your real root partition, and you're off...
-
- I had just about concluded that was the only way out. I was just
- curious if there was anything "obvious" I was missing. To avoid
- getting hosed again, I'm doing it this way (at least until I hear
- any different ideas).
-
- >--
- >Paul M. Sander (408) 379-7000 | "If everything were easy, where would be
- >HaL Computer Systems, Inc. | the challenge?"
- >1315 Dell Avenue |
- >Campbell, CA 95008 USA |
-
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- Dan S.
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