kimi@ablnc.UUCP (01/09/87)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o (line eater vending machine) Machine: 3B2/300 with XM running SysV R2.1 Two 72 Meg hard disk drives Cartridge tape drive (not working) 2 Meg memory Events: Hard disk #1 was replaced yesterday. Since cartridge tape was causing system failures when we tried to save 60K blocks of files, I was advised to move the files to hard disk #2 for safekeeping. Yes, I know I should have backed it all up on floppy, but I trusted the repair guy who said the second disk was the place to put it. Problem: On rebooting unix from disk, we had choices of full or partial restore, second disk or release upgrades. Full restore destroys all contents of both disks. The partial restore would not work. The repairman used a terminator to blind the 3B2 to the second disk drive, and we did a full restore. Question: How do I get to my second drive (and all that data)? So far, I know we can put an entry in /etc/fstab describing "/dev/dsk/c1d1s0 /usr2" and I am preparing to attempt putting the nodes in /dev/dsk, but I'm not too sure how to do it. One guy says to use 3BNET to send them over from another 3B2 with the same setup and another says that won't work. As you can see, we have plenty of speculation as to what will happen when we shutdown, take the terminator off, and attempt reboot. What I would appreciate is information from anyone who has actually tried to save existing data on a second disk drive. Speculation is welcome, but please note it as such. Because, obviously, I'll believe anything. :-) Kimiye Tipton 305-660-6472 days {ihnp4, akgua, ulysses, houxm}!ablnc!kimi AT&T Maitland, FL (Free repair service is free repair service.) "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV." ___