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From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: PACKDISK with 1 filesystem
Keywords: PACKDISK
Message-ID: <1194@ispi.UUCP>
Date: 25 Oct 89 12:48:59 GMT
References: <106@avatar.UUCP>
Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
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kory@avatar.UUCP (Kory Hamzeh) writes:

>I picked up a copy of PACKDISK with the Xenix/386 modifications. PACKDISK
>needs to have the file system its compressing to be unmounted for
>obvious reasons. I only have 1 filesystem on my drive (root). Can
>I create a boot floppy and run packdisk off of that? If so, do I
>tell packdisk to pack /dev/hd0?


You run packdisk off of the boot floppy, and pack disk  /dev/hd0root.
It will take a bit longer if you are a little short on memory.



JB
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