10-01-2015
Copying/Restoring UNIX O/S
can someone shed just a little light in the broadest sense, not actual commands, on what is involved in copying a UNIX install from one HD to another, or if that is even possible
Can I use DOS as a frame of reference or is that at all relevant? With DOS (and early Windows versions) You could copy all the o/s files from one disk to another, but the second disk would not boot unless you did the:
sys [drive letter:] command to move the correct system files to the boot sector of the target storage device.
If I simply copied all files from one Unix HD to another HD, I am guessing the second HD would not boot the first machine? Is it possible to copy UNIX to the second HD and make the second HD boot the first machine?
Again, not looking for step by step instructions, just wanting to understand what has to happen in general.
I know there are some license issues, but I am licensed to use the product and all I want to do is backup the Unix install and understand what I am doing instead of just typing a bunch of commands.
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