Question for the HPUX guys

Re: Ah..if you wanted to do that, you'd have got an HP 3000 instead of an HP 9000 :) Seriously, the whole-disk-copy method is probably the best for an 8.x system. Re: copyutil. I don't think ODE existed back in 8.0, so "ode copyutil" probably won't work. My recommendations: 1) dd to a spare disk drive 2) dd to a DDS (aka "DAT") (so there are no reel changes to worry about) 3) dd (somehow) to 9-track tape ... worrying about reel changes. The restoration from #1 is trivial...just boot from that drive. For #2, you'd boot to the tape-based or CD-based HP-UX that you probably have ("support" tape or "support" CD), and then run "dd" to bring back the data. All three would allow you to restore to the original drive *or* a larger drive (if necessary). Stan Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler