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- From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Subject: Re: Restoring root partition dumps
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- References: <1357@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1ikdchINNheo@transfer.stratus.com> <1359@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1ikofaINNrmm@parlo.hal.COM>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 03:29:51 GMT
-
- paul@hal.COM (Paul Sander) writes:
-
- >In article <1359@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim
- >Jagielski) writes:
-
- >>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.
-
- I doubt it... HD Setup will create the two file systems and give both of
- them a slice # of 0... Thus, there would be no way for A/UX Startup
- to know which slice0 to use. That's the reason for keeping the backup
- and something like Free User (slice 3) and then resetting it to Root
- (slice 0) only when needed.
-
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