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From: melpar!hoth@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Creating bootable tapes/backup copy of Sun O.S boot tape
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I would like to know if anyone has had success in creating a backup copy
of the Sun O.S boot tape(s).  I have tried the command:

# dd if=/dev/rst0 count=100 of=ostape1	--> to copy the tape to disk

which copied approximately 36 megabytes from the tape to the disk and,

# dd if=ostape1 of=/dev/rst0    --> to copy the disk file to tape

This produced a tape with 36 megabytes of information on it, but attempts
to boot from this tape failed.

Please E-Mail the response to: melpar!hoth
Thanks 

Tom Hoth - E-Systems, Falls Church VA