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- From: paul@hal.COM (Paul Sander)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
- Subject: Re: Restoring root partition dumps
- Message-ID: <1ikofaINNrmm@parlo.hal.COM>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 20:33:46 GMT
- References: <1357@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1ikdchINNheo@transfer.stratus.com> <1359@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1359@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim
- Jagielski) writes:
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- >I think to do this right, you'd need to make the "backup" partition as a
- >/usr-type file system (using 'dp')... When you need to boot up with it,
- >use A/UX Startup's 'dp' to change it to 'Root&Usr' file system and change
- >your "real" Root file system to something else (/usr-type)...
- >
- >A/UX Startup should bootup from the backup partition.
-
- Or, you can use Apple's HD setup to create more than one root partition
- and select the proper one from the A/UX Startup's Preferences menu.
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