Re: SCO 3.2 Back to the Future

From: Diederik (ddegroot_at_semecs.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: 26 Feb 2005 05:23:35 -0800

Ian Wilson wrote:
> Diederik wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > We are still running SCO 3.2 on an old Pentium I machine in a
> > production environment. This production line needs to be moved and
i
> > would like to have some backups.
> > 1. a full bootable backup of the OS including Everything (Or boot
> > floppies to restore full backup)
> > 2. A new copy of the installation Tape (Old tape and floppies are
> > available)
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea of how to do this.
> > Is it possible to use DD to copy a tape to harddisk and Put this
copy
> > on another Tape.
>
> I believe so, though I've not done it. Obviously you need a lot of
free
> space in one partition and may have to work around filesize limits.
>
> > Is it possible to add a new scsi harddisk and mount it under the
root
> > filesystem to make a full copy including making it bootable ?
>
> I've duplicated OSR5 hard disks (of identical size & geometry) by
> booting a Linux CD and using DD. The duplicated hard disks are
bootable
> provided you swap the SCSI IDs or IDE cables so that the logical bus
> location of the copied disk is the same as the old. See previous
> discussions in C.U.S.M.
>
> > I tried getting this machine on the network to make some backups.
The
> > network cards were already installed and configured (3Com Etherlink
III
> > combo). Only had to change the Ip-Address. I used netconfig to set
the
> > correct ip-address and rebooted. I wasn't able to ping anything on
the
> > network however. I guess the card are fixed on using the BNC
connector,
> > does anyone know how to switch to UTP ?
>
> There were a lot of successive variants of that card, I recall that
to
> switch from BNC to TP or AUI (where present) I had to use the 3com
boot
> floppy supplied with the card and run the DOS setup/diagnostic tools.

> ISTR you can download this from 3com's website.

Thanks a lot,

I will check out the 3Com utilities first. Great idea. It's so long ago
i didnt' remember this trick.

Do you know how much data approx would be on the install tape ? I'm not
talking about v5.xx by the way but really we are working with the
ancient 3.xx series.

Regards,

Diederik

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