bootable rt11 tape

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Sat Apr 7 13:43:31 2001

From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>

> Here's a question somewhat related. As mentioned previously,
>I had two Maxtor XT-8380E hard disks in my MicroVAX II, but removed
>one of them to put the TK-50 in the machine. I've never gotten the
>TK-50 working correctly though and would like to use the second hard
>disk to back up the data that's on the one that is still in the
>machine. It is running VMS 4.6. What is the best way of mirroring
>the first drive on the second, regardless of what might be on the
>second? I'll likely pull the second drive back out after copying the
>data over to it. Without any kind of media or a working TK-50, this
>is really the only option I have for backing up the data and
>restoring it in case of a problem later on.


Easy run INIT the target disk and run standalone backup with /image
from dua0: to duan: I generally do that. You can close the OS that
way too but only if you dont fully configure it first. Run HELP for
details.

Allison



Allison
Received on Sat Apr 07 2001 - 13:43:31 BST