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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: How to make a tape 386 Unix boot diskette
Keywords: 386 Unix boot
Message-ID: <1990Feb8.042826.8377@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 8 Feb 90 04:28:26 GMT
References: <323@ohsuhcx.ohsu.edu> <1990Jan29.220409.3932@banzai.PCC.COM> <1990Feb2.185642.22162@eci386.uucp>
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In article <4469@cuuxb.ATT.COM> fmcgee@cuuxb.UUCP (Frank W. McGee) writes:

>You can't boot from tape (ala 3b2 and non-PC systems) but you
>can install Unix from tape.  Basically you boot a small kernel
>from a floppy, then install everything from tape.

Is there a way to copy the install diskettes to the tape for add on
packages?  I've now had to deal with 3 cases of losing everything
on a 386 hard disk (from various forms of abuse, but the disks worked
after a low-level format).  Anyway, it takes at least half a day to
get the machine back in service, especially since the FACE system
backup skips most of the installed packages.
I'd like to see a way to copy all the add-on package floppies onto a
tape so you could re-install en mass.  The install procedure could
just copy each disk image off the tape before using it. 

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us