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From: hb@vpnet.chi.il.us (hank barta)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Emergency Boot Floppy construction
Keywords: mkdev fd crowbar bootable rootable docs
Message-ID: <2690f2ca-591.4comp.unix.xenix-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 3 Jul 90 21:55:04 GMT
References: <15030016@hpfinote.HP.COM> <1990Jun29.072238.12655@xenitec.on.ca>
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Well ok. I went through the fine manuals several times before I found
it. (I was almost ready to post...:-)

I have another question in the same vein: Once the emergency boot
floppy is made, how does one go about reloading a full system backup
from the same floppy drive? In this case the boot device is the same
as the backup device. Is a boot floppy no good if more than a fsck is
required in an 'emergency'?

(I'm running SCO Unix, but I suspect the procedure would be the same 
Unix or Xenix.)

hank

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