7 Apr
2001
7 Apr
'01
2:08 p.m.
Here's a question somewhat related. As mentioned previously,
I had two Maxtor XT-8380E hard disks in my MicroVAX II, but removed
one of them to put the TK-50 in the machine. I've never gotten the
TK-50 working correctly though and would like to use the second hard
disk to back up the data that's on the one that is still in the
machine. It is running VMS 4.6. What is the best way of mirroring
the first drive on the second, regardless of what might be on the
second? I'll likely pull the second drive back out after copying the
data over to it. Without any kind of media or a working TK-50, this
is really the only option I have for backing up the data and
restoring it in case of a problem later on.
Jeff
Same way you would for floppy only slower.
I'd make a bootable floppy first and put the DU/MU drivers
on it plus anything else you need as RX50 is has enough room for
a useable system. Then I think, you need DUP and BUP on there.
I have the capability but I backup to RL02 as it's much faster.
Also that RD54 (159mb) will likely be partitioned into 5 drives
as RT-11 can only address up to 32mb disks.
Allison
From: emanuel stiebler <emu(a)ecubics.com>
>I have rd54 & rx50 & tk70 in a system running rt11 5.4
>
>How can I make an bootable backup tape of the system drive ?
>
>cheers & thanks,
>emanuel
>
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