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If you mean you can't find the process after you get disconnected and come back, I believe it's because the process is no longer yours. When you hang up, I think root becomes the parent to your...

cd.. is for DOS

cd .. is for Unix :D

Have you tried running fsck on the mount with the bad block...?

I've never tried connecting a windows and a unix via a serial cable. But if there's an ethernet port in both machines, a crossover cable (about $10) can get the two machines to communicate with each...

I have been poring over the man pages. ;) I think I understand now.

I was under the impression that I could gzip file1 file2 file3 file4 and it would produce a single gzipped file. I guess you...

Say I want to transfer several dump files from a Solaris machine onto a Win2k machine for storage. It was suggested that I tar and gzip the dump files before doing so.

Is it completely necessary...

Eh.. I think the forum rules advise against posts like these, seethams.

But seeing as I am making a post here anyways, you can either paste it from All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools...

Haha.. :/

I was under the impression that dumping the root would include all its subdirectories, like /usr and /home. Seeing as the dump of / only resulted in a 151 mb file tells me this isn't...

Very cool. According to that thread (thanks ZB), it says that there was a 2 gig limit up to Solaris 2.5, and we're running Solaris 9. Perhaps the size limit has increased dramatically?

What we...

Er... just saw your revision... We don't have a system administrator here. >_<

But actually, I think it is possible. Doesn't anybody know for sure?

Thanks in advance.


Jim@PSC

Yes, yes. I was just looking at that. I just needed confirmation. Thanks, Zazzy. :)

Eh... what the title says. :)

Hmm... I'm trying to run ufsdump on a small directory structure, just to test if it works, but it requires that I specify a blocking factor. And according to the man pages, the blocking factor should...

Eh... yeah. What the title says. :D

Thanks for the input guys.

I like the idea of using an external hard drive. It would almost be the same as ufsdump-ing to a local tape drive, right? I actually haven't had much experience with...

Hi,

I'm currently an CS intern working at a small biotech company that has just opened a new office. We are working on a new project, but we were given an older Sun workstation with just a SCSI...