Backing Up My Xenix Distribution Disks
Mark J. DeFilippis
mark at promark.UUCP
Thu May 3 10:42:01 AEST 1990
In article <2479 at crash.cts.com>, jburnes at crash.cts.com (Jim Burnes) writes:
> I just got Xenix386 and would like to know the easiest way to backup my
> distribution diskettes. I dont want to go through makeing a file system
> and then do recursive directory copies, if that what it entails.
This brings up a point. Why bother backing them up?
This is one of the major differences between PCDOS software and the Unix/Xenix
world. You are licensed the software in such a way so that if a diskette
went bad, or you had a fire, or the dog ate them. you call SCO, and for
a small media charge they send you a new set of disks.
In any case, if you do want to copy them look at dd(C)...
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Mark J. DeFilippis
Manager Unix systems complex, Academic Computing Center
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 663-1170
UUCP: uunet!adelphi!markd
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