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From: jim@crom2.uucp (James P. H. Fuller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: installing ISC Unix from DOS DISKCOPY backups
Summary: DOS DISKCOPY of ISC boot disk worked for me...
Keywords: ISC DISKCOPY backup
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.170939.24498@crom2.uucp>
Date: 27 Feb 91 17:09:39 GMT
Organization: Abbey Technologies - Athens GA
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In <348@alderan.uucp> chris@alderan.uucp (Christoph Splittgerber) writes:

>>Yes it would be nice if they did that but until they do I write protect the
>>install diskette as soon as i receive it and make a copy (3 or 4) with dd to
>>do the install with. They have improved their install methods with each
>..
>
>The problem here is, if you first install the system you don't have dd(1M)
>running to do the backup and the MESS-DOS diskcopy does not work with the
>ISC-boot disk :-(

    It worked just fine when I installed ISC r.2.2.  I never used any of my
ISC distribution disks for anything except to make backups using DOS DISKCOPY,
and then installed from the copies -- boot disk and all.

                                                  James P. H. Fuller
                                                  jim%crom2@nstar.rn.com