Bootable/rootable (was backup of Xenix Distribution)

[Bob Willey]

In article <5712 at holston.UUCP> barton at holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes:
>In article <1990May3.084422.23530 at robobar.co.uk>, ronald at robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) writes:
>> In article <3946 at thebes.Thalatta.COM> campbell at Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>I strongly recommend you make a bootable/rootable floppy (see Man) or
>a "Crow Bar" diskette with your tape driver on it.
>Then, if need be you can boot from the floppy, mount your HD and
>away you go! 
>uucp: holston!barton


This is an EXCELLENT idea.
We ran into problems with this (not just creating the diskette, but
having all the necessary files you may need for a particular problem.)

After researching this one quite a bit, we found a utility program
that is included with MicroLite's CTAR backup program, that does
this for you.  It creates a rootable/bootable floppy, then moves
YOUR kernel over with all of your /dev files and all the necessary
files you will need to do a rebuild of the disk in the event of
a disaster.  It comes in quite handy.  

Thought I would pass this along to save someone else the hours of
research that we did.
SideNote:  CTAR also backs up ALL files on the filesystem, so with
the CTAR diskette and the CTAR backup tape you can recreate the system
"on the fly", and be running without a lot of hassles.


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