burrsie@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Burr Nelson) (12/13/90)
Sorry if this has already been covered before, but does
anyone know the trick to creating a bootable duplicate of a
TK50 Ultrix distribution tape? We have a right-to-copy
license hera at the U of I but my copies won't boot.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Burr
Burr Nelson * 217-333-2435 * burrsie@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu * 128.174.5.55
U of I Biophysics Dept. * 524 Burrill Hall * 407 S. Goodwin * Urbana, IL 61801
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Burr Nelson * 217-333-2435 * burrsie@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu * 128.174.5.55
U of I Biophysics Dept. * 524 Burrill Hall * 407 S. Goodwin * Urbana, IL 61801 alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) (12/13/90)
In article <1990Dec12.184633.29053@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, burrsie@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Burr Nelson) writes: > > Sorry if this has already been covered before, but does > anyone know the trick to creating a bootable duplicate of a > TK50 Ultrix distribution tape? VAX or RISC? (Don't bother answering, it only matters a little...) Except for the first two files on an ULTRIX distribution all the files have a 10 KB block size. The 3rd file is a dump(8) format backup of the root file system. The 4th file is a tar(1) archive of the installation control files. It has a file in it (ULT.image) that has the rest of the files and their checksums. The first two files are the boot program(s), with a block size of 512 bytes. On either the VAX or RISC tape the 2nd file is empty and can be 10 KB. > > Burr > > Burr Nelson * 217-333-2435 * burrsie@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu * 128.174.5.55 > U of I Biophysics Dept. * 524 Burrill Hall * 407 S. Goodwin * Urbana, IL 61801 -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com
mbrookov@diana.cair.du.edu (Matthew B. Brookover) (12/20/90)
In article <1990Dec12.184633.29053@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> burrsie@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Burr Nelson) writes: >Sorry if this has already been covered before, but does >anyone know the trick to creating a bootable duplicate of a >TK50 Ultrix distribution tape? We have a right-to-copy >license hera at the U of I but my copies won't boot. >Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Read Ultrix programming volume 2, preparing software for distribution. Chapter 6 has instructions for reproducing setld-compatible kits. In the Ultrix 4.0/4.1 docs look in software development volume 1. Matt -- Matthew B. Brookover Computing and Information Resources University of Denver mbrookov@diana.cair.du.edu
hbo@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu (Howard B Owen) (12/21/90)
|> In article <1990Dec12.184633.29053@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> burrsie@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Burr Nelson) writes: |> >Sorry if this has already been covered before, but does |> >anyone know the trick to creating a bootable duplicate of a |> >TK50 Ultrix distribution tape? ... What I have done in the past was to analyze the structure of the boot tapes with a utility called tapemap, copied the individual files to disk with dd, then copied them back out to a duplicate tape. This could go tape to tape, of course. Tapemap is pretty simple. It reads each record of each file, and finds the largest record, which it reports as the blocksize of that file. I can send the source and man page via mail if anyone needs it. -- Howard Owen, Computer Systems Manager internet: hbo@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu Physics Computer Services BITNET: HBO@VOODOO.BITNET University of California, Santa Barbara HEPNET/SPAN: VOODOO::HBO "I am not a pay TV service!" 805-893-8366 (work)