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From: igb@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Isidore G Bendrihem)
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Subject: Re: burning up over AIX PS/2 1.2 1005 update
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Date: 21 Aug 90 15:16:12 GMT
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If you have lots of disk space, you can restore the disks to a single temp
file.  This will save you lots of time and disk swapping.  This is the
procedure:

1. Restore the diskettes to an empty directory in a file system that has
enough space to hold all the disks:

mkdir update
cd update
restore -x

2.  Create a single backup file, let's say /tmp/mpp1005, and delete the backup
direcory "update":

find . -hidden -print | backup -i -vqf /tmp/mpp1005
cd ..
rm -r update

3.  Apply the updates (answer any relevant questions and let it run)

cd /
updatep -ac /tmp/mpp1005
rm /tmp/mpp1005

Again, make sure you have enough disk space to hold the backup directory
and the backup (updatep) file that you create.  If you don't, this
procedure is not for you.



Isidore Bendrihem
VLSI  Laboratory
Columbia University