bill@ssbn.UUCP (08/15/87)
I have been working on an installable device driver for the PLUS. The
last time I tried to test it I managed to scribble all over the super
block and scrubbed the hard disk. No complaint, it was my stupid
mistake. What has really been a nuisance is generating a kernel that
is badly busted and having to go back to the distribution kernel and build
it back up with what I have that *does* work. Today I ran across the
simplest solution. Copy your distribution diskette 1 of 7 to a blank.
Now mount the blank as /mnt and cp /unix /mnt/unixWINI. Then if you have
to recover you can just boot from the copy you just made, mount 0s0 as
/mnt and cp unixWINI /mnt/unix. Sorry if I bored those of you that already
knew that but it sure saved me a lot of time.
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Bill Kennedy {cbosgd | ihnp4!petro | sun!texsun!rrm}!ssbn!bill