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From: CCHD@latvax8.lat.oz (Huw Davies - La Trobe University Computer Centre)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Copying A/UX from disk to disk
Message-ID: <402@latvax8.lat.oz>
Date: 29 Mar 90 18:39:30 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University
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I am trying to rebuild my A/UX system. To save time, I'm trying to
copy A/UX from an external disk on loan from my Apple dealer (In fact,
it would only take a couple of hours to install from tape, and I've
spent a couple of days so far, trying to copy it from disk, but that's
life...)

It has been suggested that I use dd from sash, but I can't find
an appropriate set of arguments to make it work. I have tried
commands such as the obvious

  dd if=/dev/dsk/c5d0s0 of=/dev/dsk/c0d0s0

and

  dd if=(5,0,0)/ of=(0,0,0)/

but dd complains that it can't create the output file. I know I'm
doing something wrong, but the documentation is of little help.

Any ideas (other than loading from tape)?

Huw Davies

Thought for the day:
    I thought I'd learn a lot from A/UX, but if it were VMS I could fix it