[SPARCbook] Re: Backup?

[Bob Bramwell]

There is, in fact, a "built-in" way to do this.  Look for the "makenetbu" 
command to do this over a network, or the "makebu" command if you have a local 
tape drive (or whatever).  These produce a backup which is compatible with the 
"Standalone Restore" option of the boot monitor menu.  I *highly* recommend you 
do this!  When my S2 cratered it took a couple of years to find a disk, 
installation media, and wherewithall to make it go again.

If you truly have 4.1.3 on your system I would appreciate a copy of any such 
"makebu" you could send.  Thanks to this list I managed to get installation 
media for 4.1.2, but it is rather flakey and hard to work with.  I would be 
willing to trade you a photocopy of the SparcBook 2 User Guide if that would 
help.

Cheers,
	Bob.
	
>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:00:05 -0500
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>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:09:41 +0200
>Subject: [SPARCbook] Backup?
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>I now have a fully working Sparcbook 2 with Sunos 4.1.3 installed.  
Unfortunately it did not come with any installation media, so I was wondering if 
it's possible to create a backup of the system to tape/CD/network/whatever so 
that I can boot off this and do a re-install should everything go pear-shaped.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Geoff.
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