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In article <20847 at tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, mdf at tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) writes:
> 
> I have SCO XENIX 286 2.2 up on an AT-clone.  I have extensively
> device drivers and data on the system.  I need to archive EVERYTHING so
> 
> will make.  Should I use dump, tar, or cpio?  Please provide me with an
> appropriate command line (including options).  I'll be backing up onto
> 1.2M floppies.

The best way I have found to do what you want is to use the backup command
via the sysadmin script.  Do a full backup onto the floppies, and when you
are done you will have to make a boot/root floppy using the 
	mkdev fd
command.  Make it on a 1.2 meg floppy, copy over the sysadmin script, and
test it by getting a backup list.  When you are done with dos I have found
that I first do a basic installation (to create the filesystems,etc), then
boot off the floppy and do a restore onto the hard disk.


If you prefer to do the backup by hand the command is:
	backup 0ufk /dev/rfd096ds15 1200 /dev/rroot

the restore command is:
	restore rf /dev/fd096ds15 /dev/?????

where the ???? is the device name of the hard disk root partition.

Jonathan Bayer
Intelligent Software Products, Inc.