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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: How Restore / and /usr filesystems?
- Message-ID: <s5me820@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 22:58:23 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.163550.12622@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1992Nov9.163550.12622@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> waugh@coos.dartmouth.edu (Jim Waugh) writes:
- | How do I restore a "bru" tape backup of my / and /usr
- | filesystems to my SCSI disk?
-
- See the /usr/sbin/Restore shell script. You could also use
- system recovery (item 4 if I remember right on the PROM menu).
-
- | I have an entry level Indigo with Indigo Video board. 4.0.5MM
- | was on the Indigo, and I installed 4.0.5F. Now the message "No
- | Indigo Video Board Installed" appears when I try invoking video
-
- Do *NOT* restore your system because of this. Somebody forgot
- to send you the svideo CD. Call the TAC and ask them to send
- it to you.
-
- | utilities like VideoPanel. The probability is ~1.0 that I'm at
- | fault here, as I botched the install by loading the CDs in the
- | wrong sequence, etc. So, I'd like to restore to the system state
- | before the upgrade attempt and start over.
-
- svideo is *NOT* part of the 405F CD, so you didn't botch anything.
- --
- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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