10 Oct
2006
10 Oct
'06
3:52 a.m.
Hi Julian,
thanks very much for the description.
Along with some documentation, I hope to succeed :-)
First, I will use the TK50 in the system to make a backup.
I will take a separate TK50 tape for each backup command
to prevent running out of tape during a backup ...
After that, I will install the UC07 with the SCSI disk,
and try the backup to that disk.
I am a bit busy in the house to keep my wife glad, but
I will certainly post the results.
Do you have RSTS V10 (.01 IIRC)? If not, and my backup
is succesfull, I can send you a CD-ROM copy, after I
managed to copy the SCSI disk on my PC to a CD-ROM ...
But that's for later :-)
thanks,
- Henk.
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[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Julian Wolfe
Sent: vrijdag 6 oktober 2006 20:06
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: how do I copy an RD54 completely?
Fairly complex topic, but lucky you - I have a very similar setup.
Since you are using a UC07, which is the exact same
controller I use in my /23+ with RSTS, I know you can
partition the disk using the controller - MAKE SURE the disk
is hard partitioned by the controller to be below 2GB in
size, as RSTS/E does not like disk sizes larger than 2GB (you
will get the repeated, rather funny message "THE DISK IS TOO LARGE!")
If you have another RD54, you can use SAVRES to image the
disk over to another RD54. If you want to replace the disk
with a SCSI device, install the UC07 and disk drive, and then
when the "Options <Start>" prompt comes up, type DSKINT. It
will ask you which disk, so put in the correct DUxx:
designator, we'll use DU1: in this example. Other than that,
you can pick the defaults for everything else up to
"Patterns? <3>". I'd let it do the 3 patterns to make sure
the disk is reliable, but if you don't want to wait hours for
the disk to initialize 3 times, you can put in '0' and 'Y' to
erase the disk.
Now that you have the freshly formatted disk, you should be
returned to the DSKINT program, press Ctrl-Z. At the "Options
<start>" prompt, type COPY.
It'll prompt you for a disk, enter your DUxx: designator
again for the SCSI device.It should then copy the correct
files for a bootable (but not useful) system to the new disk.
Hit CTRL-Z again and go ahead and start the system. Log in
as 1,2 and hopefully you know the password, if you don't, at
the "Continue system startup <YES>" prompt, just say no and
then do a "SET PASSWORD [1,2]", then use "RUN $SHUTUP" to
reboot the system.
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From that point, all you need to do is use BACKUP
and RESTORE once
logged in
to move your data to the new disk. If you've got a > 2gb
disk, you can DSKINT the other hard partition and run your
backup file to that, otherwise you need a magtape for this.
What you do is enter "BACKUP DU0:[*,*]*.* DU2:BACKUP.BCK"
where DU0: would be the RD54 and DU1: would be the SCSI device.
Then "RESTORE DU2:BACKUP.BCK DU1:" Go ahead and overwrite
everything that was laid down by the COPY.
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