general warning on Ultrix 4.2 (preinstalled)

[slsw2 at cc.usu.edu]

In article <123 at janis.UUCP>, ericw at janis.UUCP (Eric Wedaa) writes:
>   This time I managed to munge the system up totally so that it 
> wouldn't even reboot!  The error message was something to the effect of
> 
> 	CPU 0: init failed
> 
> The system would not reboot with any of the three kernels on root (vmunix,
> vmunix.old, or genvmunix)
> 
> MORAL: Just as a side note, (word to the wise and all that...) is that after 
> you get Ultrix (or any unix) up and running, IMMEDIATELY do a full backup.
> No matter how slow a restore is, a full install is even slower!

I've never figured out how to make a bootable backup. Without that, you would
have to do an install in this situation anyway.

Roger Ivie
slsw2 at cc.usu.edu