kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (06/27/90)
Recently I posted that one could "clone" an AIX machine via a stand-alone backup, and a partial install, followed by a stand-alone restore. I just discovered that stand-alone backup under AIX 1.2 is broken. It will not backup to "/dev/rmt0". It accepts the device name, but reports that it cannot open the device. I KNOW that this worked under AIX 1.1. The alternative that I have used for AIX 1.2 is to boot the maintennance diskette, and dd if=/dev/hd? of=/dev/rmt0 bs=4096 conv=sync This seems to work. -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347 gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin "Don't hold your finger on the button if the motor ain't goin' roundy-roundy."