Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ispi!jbayer
From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: bootable floppy: now what?
Keywords: boot
Message-ID: <413@ispi.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 89 19:34:49 GMT
References: <1989Jan12.222309.22766@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
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In article <1989Jan12.222309.22766@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> milan@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Milan Strnad) writes:
>I've just started using SCO Xenix on a Compaq 386/25 with 9 Meg memory.
>Nice.  The docco states I can make a bootable floppy.  Well, I made one,
>and booted off of it, but now what?  As far as I can see, I can use 
>almost none of the standard command to do system maintenance with.

The boot floppy is used to restore the root filesystem from a backup. 
It can also be used to do some quick and dirty work on the root
filesystem if it doesn't want to boot.  If you are using a tape backup
then you will have to copy all of the tape utilities onto the floppy by
hand since the script only copies the bare minimum.


JB


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