17 Jan
2003
17 Jan
'03
11:15 p.m.
Hello VMS folks,
just a very simple question, what does a command like this do:
BACKUP MULTIA_V72.BCK/SAVE DVA0:/IMAGE/VERIFY
(it's alpha vms, so not sure whether floppy is named DVA0: on VAXen,
too).
I know basicaly what this does, my question is whether the .BCK file has
some special format or whether UNIX command like this:
$ cat MULTIA_V72.BCK > /dev/diskette0
or
$ dd if=MULTIA_V72.BCK of=/dev/diskette0
is equivalent.
If it's some special format, were it possible that you issue this
command for me on some VMS and grab the diskette raw file and make it
available for me? the image is available at
http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck (1419264 bytes).
Cheers,
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freddy
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18 Jan
18 Jan
12:09 a.m.
just a very simple question, what does a command like
this do:
BACKUP MULTIA_V72.BCK/SAVE DVA0:/IMAGE/VERIFY
That takes a saveset (MULTIA_V72.BCK) and expands it
onto a floppy (DVA0:). It's an image backup and the
result at the end will be an ODS-2 formatted floppy
with files placed in the appropriate places (i.e. if
the original floppy that was backed up was bootable,
the result should be too).
I know basicaly what this does, my question is whether
the
.BCK file has some special format or whether UNIX command like this:
It's special (internal redundancy records and so on might be
in there - it was originally developed to save data on flakey
tapes).
If it's some special format, were it possible that
you issue
this command for me on some VMS and grab the diskette raw
file and make it available for me? the image is available at
http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck > (1419264 bytes).
Can you zip it up so it's easier to download?
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
9:21 p.m.
Antonio Carlini (arcarlini(a)iee.org) wrote :
Can you zip it up so it's easier to download?
didn't help very much, http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck.gz
(913652 bytes), along with the original
http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck are there.
thanks very much,
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freddy
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19 Jan
19 Jan
1:30 a.m.
Antonio Carlini (arcarlini(a)iee.org) wrote :
I didn't mean to make it smaller - I just didn't
want it to download as a text file. ZIP files
download correctly, other random stuff depends
on the server settings (IIRC).
Anyway, I managed to get it using a download
manager and I've managed to restore it to
a floppy. I don't have a Multia so I won't
be able to test it. I can either dig out
rawread or try using dd on my Solaris
box - just let me know which you would
find easiest to deal with (and the exact dd
command you would prefer, if that matters).
I can email the result or ftp it to you
if you have a server.
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
Can you zip it up so it's easier to download?
didn't help very much, http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck.gz
(913652 bytes), along with the original
http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck > are there.
11:16 a.m.
Antonio Carlini (arcarlini(a)iee.org) wrote :
dd method, please.
Antonio
Carlini (arcarlini(a)iee.org) wrote :
I didn't mean to make it smaller - I just didn't
want it to download as a text file. ZIP files
download correctly, other random stuff depends
on the server settings (IIRC).
Anyway, I managed to get it using a download
manager and I've managed to restore it to
a floppy. I don't have a Multia so I won't
be able to test it. I can either dig out
rawread or try using dd on my Solaris
box - just let me know which you would
find easiest to deal with (and the exact dd
command you would prefer, if that matters). Can you zip it up so it's easier to download?
didn't help very much, http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck.gz
(913652 bytes), along with the original
http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck > are there. I can email the result or ftp it to you
if you have a server.
can you please email me the result (freddy(a)kotelna.sk)? I have not ftp
incoming set up.
thanks in advance,
--
freddy
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20 Jan
20 Jan
7:51 a.m.
Adrien Farkas (freddy(a)kotelna.sk) wrote :
sorry, didn't read the stuff properly, the command is
# /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
# dd if=/dev/rdiskette0 of=multia_v72.raw bs=1024
# /etc/init.d/volmgt start
multia_v72.raw is the stuff I'm looking for.
Cheers,
--
freddy
...for more info 'finger freddy(a)kotol.kotelna.sk'
Anyway, I
managed to get it using a download
manager and I've managed to restore it to
a floppy. I don't have a Multia so I won't
be able to test it. I can either dig out
rawread or try using dd on my Solaris
box - just let me know which you would
find easiest to deal with (and the exact dd
command you would prefer, if that matters).
dd method, please.
8:25 a.m.
sorry, didn't read the stuff properly, the command
is
# /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
# dd if=/dev/rdiskette0 of=multia_v72.raw bs=1024
# /etc/init.d/volmgt start
multia_v72.raw is the stuff I'm looking for.
That's OK - but thanks for the clarification anyway.
Just as soon as the Ultra finishes installing Solaris 9
I'll generate the raw image and email it.
Shouldn't be too long now!
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
18 Jan
18 Jan
1:32 p.m.
Adrien Farkas wrote:
Hello VMS folks,
just a very simple question, what does a command like this do:
BACKUP MULTIA_V72.BCK/SAVE DVA0:/IMAGE/VERIFY
That takes a backup file (multia_v72.bck) from the current directory,
and restores it onto DVA0:, and then makes a second pass to verify
what it put there matches what's in the saveset.
(it's alpha vms, so not sure whether floppy is named DVA0: on VAXen,
too).
The controller specifies the name of the floppy drive, so it can
vary from machine to machine.
I know basicaly what this does, my question is whether the .BCK file has
some special format or whether UNIX command like this:
$ cat MULTIA_V72.BCK > /dev/diskette0
or
$ dd if=MULTIA_V72.BCK of=/dev/diskette0
is equivalent.
Nope. It is a special format, and not the same format as a disk image.
If it's some special format, were it possible that
you issue this
command for me on some VMS and grab the diskette raw file and make it
available for me? the image is available at
http://www.kotelna.sk/freddy/multia_v72.bck (1419264 bytes).
Cheers,
Sorry, no floppy drive available to me...
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