ok, one step after the other:
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Browser_ice
tar cvpdlBf - folder | compress | dd if=- of=/dev/rmt0.1 bs=10240
but using ... | dd if=- ... does not work. It does not recognize the - as a proper input file direction.
I assume you want to avoid taxing the file system, right? Colleague shockneck told me that in v5 onwards stdin is the default for dd - i remember vaguely that this was different in 4.x, but you could try. Even if it doesn't work you might create a fifo and pipe it through this pseudofile.
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oslevel with option -a is unknown to the system.
As far as i remember (its been a while) "-a" was introduced with v5. You find the "classical" way of getting detailed version information in the pinned thread at the top of this forum.
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I have no idea how to get the serial number.
The serial number is only printed on the case and you will have to have physical access to the machine to get it. There is no way to find it via a command in a R/6000 machine.
Still i don't think the
serial number is of interest here. What would be interesting is the
model number which would be a 4-digit number maybe with a 3-digit extension, probably starting with a 7, like "7026-150" or so. Try "uname -M" to get the model number (i am not sure if this is a 5.x command too, but it is worth a try).
I hope that helps.
bakunin
