Thanks to all who responded.
Daniel.Clar_at_supelec.fr (Daniel Clar)
anthony.miller_at_vf.vodafone.co.uk
Dejan Muhamedagic <dejan_at_yunix.co.yu>
Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646" <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com>
The general answer was "this is just the way how to do it - there
is nothing easier way in Unix"
Regards
Otto
My original message was:
>Hi all,
>
>as a mainly VMS user I have no problems with backups. The whole
>information about the disk structure is contained in the backup
>volume.
>
>Now I had to replace a bad system disk with a new one. What I did
>- disklabel the new disk
> (of course I didn't find the right partition layout at the first
> attempt -although I had some written information)
>- mkfdmn,mkfset for / and /usr
> (requires to know if these are advfs or not)
>- vrestore / and /usr
>As it looks like it worked, but
>
>Is there not an easier way, where I don't need so much "external"
>information?
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A few responses:
anthony.miller_at_vf.vodafone.co.uk
So far as I can see, thats exactly how I'd do it. Welcome to the modern
- up to date world of UNIX! As an ex VMS person some of the Unix stuff
seems 'so primitive'.
Ah well - thats progress.
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Dr. Tom Blinn, <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com>
No, there isn't an easier way. You need to know how you had things set up
and you need to put things back the way they were. That's UNIX. OpenVMS is
a bit easier only because there are fewer options -- no support for disk
partitions, only one possible file system type, and so forth. When there
are no choices, you don't have to know what the right choices are.
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