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From: mamros@cavdog.enet.dec.com (Shawn Mamros)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: moving root onto local disk of DS3100
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Date: 18 Jul 90 21:44:07 GMT
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The error message indicates that the bootblocks weren't
installed on the local disk.  Your procedure didn't install
them, since the bootblocks aren't part of /dlclient0/client.root.
The bootblocks can be found in /usr/mdec/bootblks, but just
copying that file over won't work either, because they have
to be installed on the right part of the disk.

There might be a way to get them on to the disk without having
to re-copy all the other files over (probably using dd), but I don't
know for sure.  You could do a
  # newfs /dev/rrzNa rz23
(where N is the SCSI unit number for the disk), which will initialize
the partition and place the bootblocks on the disk automatically.
Of course, that means you'll have to tar the other files over again...

-Shawn Mamros
mamros@aiag.enet.dec.com or mamros@cavdog.enet.dec.com
Disclaimer: I'm not speaking in any official capacity for DEC.
No warranty is expressed or implied by the above statements.