Hi there,

I'm just wonderin'... I just heard from HP that it could be possible to copy
a failed (not yet completely crashed) disc by using "dd" after booting from
a hp-unix cd-rom even on mpe system. Just copy old to new, swap the old disk
with the new one, (re)boot, done! Has someone ever done this/experienced it?
I have to do it next saturday... Is there also some reconfiguring to do
within sysgen/volutil or is just swapping the same kinda disc good enough?

If this would work than it would be a fast action compared to the full
restore on the freshly installed new disc. Talking 'bout full restore...
what is the right option for the
restore command; using the "keep" option so that existing files aren't
overwritten, only the files which aren't (completely) on the system? I don't
have a clue, haven't done a full restore, ever...

restore *t ; @[log in to unmask]@; keep ; show ;  progress ; olddate ???

Does this preserve what is already there (on the other discs, after putting
in a new disc)? Do I also have to add the ";tree" option for (possible) HFS
files? I could keep on asking, but it's it's just that I wanna be prepared
(as much as it can be in one day).

Th@nx,

bArtoque