Booting AIX from LTO Tape Drive

From: Thomas Blaney (trb811_at_HOTMAIL.COM)
Date: 05/30/03

  • Next message: Wesley Joyce: "Re: Booting AIX from LTO Tape Drive" 
    Date:         Fri, 30 May 2003 15:36:09 -0400
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    I've heard that some other Unixes (non-AIX) cannot boot from LTO tape. Can
    anyone on this list verify if booting from LTO is possible with AIX 4.3 and
    5L (both mksysb and sysback boot capability). I could not find anything on
    this in the LTO RedBooks.

    Thanks.

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