lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman) (09/11/90)
I decided to murder my RS/6000 and attempt a full backup and restore process while I didn't have much to lose, just to see if I could recover from a full system loss. So, I did a image backup (via smit startup), a diskette boot, and image restore (following the "How to Perform Image Installation" on Info). Things went okay until the 'Turn the keyswitch to Normal, and Reboot.' step. It never returned. It took a few days and several full reinstallations to troubleshoot, but the bottom line is the that the image backup STOPS without warning if you have your Info CDROM mounted. So, the backup has quite a bit missing, and system startup hung. (The bug is in the find command...) I called IBM support, and they reported that it should be fixed in the July update, so until then, MAKE SURE YOUR CDROM IS NOT MOUNTED if you rely on an image backup for anything. Steve (PS. I am doing my backup now. Keep your fingers crossed with me... I am getting tired of this.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roseman Lehigh University Computing Center LUSGR@VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU