Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:40:56 -0500 From: "Trevor S. Cornpropst" <tcornpropst@acm.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Assistance creating a bootable restore tape Message-ID: <20011101234056.D67917@boole.cornpropst.net>
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This is the scenario: We have servers in remote locations that host an electronic point of sale database application. The site personnel are limited in capability and it would be at least two days travel time to the site. We have developed an acceptable backup routine for the servers, however, we want to develop a method for the site support people to place a tape in the drive, boot the system and an automatic restore of the full operating system and data would take place. We have considered an automated install from a custom CDROM distribution but this is problematic due to different server configurations and the effort required to maintain multiple restore CDs. AFAIK FreeBSD or BSD was distributed on tape at some time. Is anyone familiar with the procedures to make a bootable tape? I am looking for some pointers to creating a bootable tape that would dump the system back to its original state. I used to work on HP-UX systems that had a utility to create bootable restore tapes but, I no longer have an available system to study. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated. Trevor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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