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From: rer@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Rob Robason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: How to back up HP-UX non-file portion
Message-ID: <5570308@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 89 20:59:34 GMT
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> This 3rd option is the one I especially wish to solicit your opinion on.
> I remember way back when (1984?)  hearing that it was possible.  Does
> anyone know the details?  I recall that one somehow got the non-file
> portion of HP-UX into a (large) file and then backed it up in the normal
> manner.  It is not clear to me how one would do this.  And it is
> definitely not clear to me how to then install this file on a bare disk
> (since there would be no operating system ...  chicken and egg situation
> ...).

It's been a few years, but there was a command, oscp(1m), or something
like that, that allowed archiving the BOOT area (I assume that's what
you're talking about) to a normal file.  I've forgotten the syntax, but
the Reference or Sys Admin manual should cover it.  Sorry I don't
remember more.

Rob Robason