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From: darko@hpfcdc.HP.COM (David Arko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Standalone boot tape???
Message-ID: <5570606@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Apr 91 20:09:46 GMT
References: <1991Apr11.201346.5731@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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You are absolutely right, there is no way of breaking out of the
install procedure to fix up your system.  However, if you have
running system, there is a utility called mkrs(1M) that allows
you to make a recovery system on a tape.

The catch here is that you must make a recovery system
tape *before* you crash.

FYI:  The reason the install procedure does not allow you to break out,
      is that the install-system is running with zero swap space and
      utilities like fsck are swap hogs and may not run correctly.
      Where as the mkrs tape uses the swap on the hard disk.

-- David Arko (darko@hpfcrn.fc.hp.com)