topic Re: how to create os boot disk in Operating System - Tru64 Unix

how to create os boot disk

mmain_1 — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:50:22 GMT

hello all:
how to create os boot disk? 4.x and 5.x
thank !!!

Re: how to create os boot disk

Michael Schulte zur Sur — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:06:42 GMT

Hi,

the easiest way is to install TRU64 onto it or can you specify if you need something else?

greetings,

Michael

Re: how to create os boot disk

Venkatesh BL — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:12:25 GMT

Do you mean "How to create a backup copy of the boot disk"?

Re: how to create os boot disk

mmain_1 — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:32:08 GMT

#btcreate
......
Rewinding the tape.
btcreate.log file has been created on /var/adm directory.

End of system image creation on tape.
#shutdown -h now
>>>b mkb0
(boot mkb0.0.0.16.0 -flags A)
boot block format for mkb0.0.0.16.0
record 0 of mkb0.0.0.16.0 is a valid boot block
41949 records read
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 147ba00(21477888)
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1ff3c000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

UNIX boot - Sun May 14 06:20:38 EDT 2000

No disk label
No disk label
can't open vmunix
trying /etc/sysconfigtab.34
No disk label
can't open /etc/sysconfigtab.34

Enter [option_1 ... option_n]
Hit to boot default kernel 'vmunix': vmunix
No disk label
can't open vmunix

Enter [option_1 ... option_n]
Hit to boot default kernel 'vmunix': genvmunix
No disk label
can't open genvmunix

Enter [option_1 ... option_n]
Hit to boot default kernel 'vmunix': genvmunix.bak
No disk label
can't open genvmunix.bak

Enter [option_1 ... option_n]
Hit to boot default kernel 'vmunix': vmunix.bak
No disk label
can't open vmunix.bak

current error: disk lable,why?
help me!thank you!

Re: how to create os boot disk

mmain_1 — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:32:45 GMT

#btcreate
......
Rewinding the tape.
btcreate.log file has been created on /var/adm directory.

End of system image creation on tape.
>>>b mkb0
(boot mkb0.0.0.16.0 -flags A)
boot block format for mkb0.0.0.16.0
record 0 of mkb0.0.0.16.0 is a valid boot block
41949 records read
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 147ba00(21477888)
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1ff3c000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

UNIX boot - Sun May 14 06:20:38 EDT 2000

No disk label
No disk label
can't open vmunix
trying /etc/sysconfigtab.34
No disk label
can't open /etc/sysconfigtab.34

Enter [option_1 ... option_n]
Hit to boot default kernel 'vmunix': vmunix
No disk label
can't open vmunix

Enter [option_1 ... option_n]
Hit to boot default kernel 'vmunix': genvmunix
No disk label
can't open genvmunix

Enter [option_1 ... option_n]
Hit to boot default kernel 'vmunix': genvmunix.bak
No disk label
can't open genvmunix.bak

Enter [option_1 ... option_n]
Hit to boot default kernel 'vmunix': vmunix.bak
No disk label
can't open vmunix.bak

current error: disk lable,why?
help me!thank you!

Re: how to create os boot disk

Ivan Ferreira — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:03:44 GMT

Hi mmain:

There are a few things:

1- Carefully read the system administration manual available at the tru64 documentation page. Page 9-36 gives detailed information about how to run the btcreate utility.

2- You should boot with the following options:

boot -fl "nc" tape_device

3- I never used a btcreate tape to restore a system, a good backup with vdump allows me to restore the system without booting from the tape. I boot from the installation CD, run command shell, recreate the filesytems with mkfdmn [-r] and mkfset, and restore the backup. The system boots smoothly.

Re: how to create os boot disk

mmain_1 — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:56:33 GMT

hello all:
unitily btcreate command create os boot tape is ok!
but restore time very long!
thank you!