> In a week or so, I will be shutting down our 979/200 forever and
> passing it on to a reseller.  What steps will I need to take to  1)
> erase all proprietary data and 2) leave them with a bootable system.
>
> It should be fairly easy as all our data is on user volumes.  The
> system volume set contains all software (3rd party, HP and
> homegrown- each in their own accounts)

Depending on how paranoid you are about the "erase all proprietary data"
part, you can
 1) :VOLUTIL FORMATVOL the volumes, or
 2) (assuming SCSI drives) remove the drives from the box, attach them to a
PC SCSI adapter, and use something like Norton/Symantec's WIPEINFO utility
to erase each drive, followed by an adapter-level low-level SCSI format.

In either case, you can either leave the drives in "blank" condition or
INSTALL from your Factory SLT. Don't INSTALL from one of your customized
SLT's, as this will re-install non-FOS applications that you are (I assume)
not transferring to the reseller.



Steve Dirickson   WestWin Consulting
[log in to unmask]   (360) 598-6111