GED%wufpak.prime.com@relay.cs.net (Gantt Edmiston) (03/27/91)
Hello UNIX literate from one who is not! I have a need and hopefully someone out there has a solution. The problem: The need to duplicate UNIX software on 60 MB data cartridges. I have a Prime EXL320 CPU which runs System 5 Version 3.1.2 UNIX. I can (I have the Hardware) configure two 60 MB tape drives on the same SCSI chain, if necessary. (This would allow me to theoretically do a tape-to-tape copy.) If it is just as easy to do a tape-to-disk-to-tape then ok also. I want to DUPLICATE exactly the data from the source tape to a blank tape so that they are functionally identical. As I stated from the beginning, I am quite new to UNIX and would appreciate your help with EXACT steps and procedures. Thanks, Gantt Edmiston, PrimeService Customer Engineer GED@WUFPAK.Prime.COM
vancleef@iastate.edu (Van Cleef Henry H) (03/27/91)
In article <26364@adm.brl.mil> GED%wufpak.prime.com@relay.cs.net (Gantt Edmiston) writes: > >Hello UNIX literate from one who is not! > >I have a need and hopefully someone out there has a solution. > >The problem: The need to duplicate UNIX software on 60 MB data >cartridges. I have a Prime EXL320 CPU which runs System 5 Version 3.1.2 >UNIX. I can (I have the Hardware) configure two 60 MB tape drives on >the same SCSI chain, if necessary. (This would allow me to theoretically >do a tape-to-tape copy.) If it is just as easy to do a >tape-to-disk-to-tape then ok also. I want to DUPLICATE exactly the data >from the source tape to a blank tape so that they are functionally >identical. > Take a look at the dd command. The man page will tell you how to set it up. --
RUUD.VP%blx-cs.prime.com@relay.cs.net (Ruud van Poelgeest) (03/28/91)
Gannt, I have a nice duplicator on my Sun workstation. It contains a few commands who are not known on a EXL, but you can modify it. You have to wait a few days because i'm in the middle of a upgrade. Ruud van Poelgeest