13 Jan
2008
13 Jan
'08
3:40 p.m.
At 8:34 AM -0800 1/13/08, Scott Quinn wrote:
Why not write out a BACKUP tape with standalone BACKUP
at the front
so you can do a restore install? Only read about it being done on
TKxx/TZxx drives, but it would be worth looking into, as it is the
"official" DEC way to build a restorable backup (and is how they
shipped the VMS tape distros) (haven't read too much about it
because I don't have any CompacTape media right now).
I personally prefer a CD with Standalone Backup, that way you don't
have to worry about the tape going bad. But then I prefer CD's on my
PDP-11's where possible, so I don't have normal setups. :^) I know
on VAXen you can build Standalone Backup on a HD, I believe this
feature was dropped from Alpha after 6.1.
For my main box, a Compaq XP1000/667, I keep a combination of spare
HD's and a DLT tape or two with my system disk on it. Since it is an
Alpha, I boot from CD to backup/duplicate the system disk.
Zane
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