How to restor a level 0 archive?
Chip_N_Oliver at cup.portal.com
Chip_N_Oliver at cup.portal.com
Thu Mar 30 16:22:28 AEST 1989
Many thanks for those who previously replied to my request for info
on mounting this 2nd HD although it already had a root on it. Now
I'm on to the next step which is to put a DOS (crowd grimaces)
partition on one of the HD's. I did a level 0 backup of the disk
but now can't get the #?$%& archive restored back on the HD.
I'm attempting to restore a level 0 archive from a set of floppies while
booted from a boot floppy (V2.2). I've tried various combinations after
having done a "mkdev hd" and/or "divvy -b 1 -c 1 -i". Some people
have recommended using /dev/hd00 for the output device, others have
said to use hd0n (where n is the partition). The XENIX manual gives
an example (in restor(C)) using /dev/hd1.
In any case, I haven't been successful with any of them. I'm using the
following command:
restor rf /dev/fd196ds15 /dev/hdnn (boot floppy on fd0, archive on fd1)
( tried using nn = 00, 01 & 1)
The result is that I receive disk read errors when I use /dev/hd00
and "disk full" messages when I use /dev/hd01. The "disk full" message
is encountered several minutes into the read of the first floppy of a
12 floppy archive (apparently it allocates space for all the files
while reading the dump file?). Before archiving, the file system only
used approx. 60% of the total disk space so I don't understand the
"disk full" message.
I'd appreciate it if anyone can shed any light as to what the problem
may be.
Notes: I've tried using 2 different sets of archive floppies with the
same results. I can not only do a successful dumpdir of the archive
sets, but also can INDIVIDUALLY restore files from the archive set.
Chip Oliver coliver at cup.portal.com
Lockheed Missiles & Space sun!portal!cup.portal.com!coliver
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