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Hi Steve,

> Take the disk out and put into another machine. Use 'dd' with noerror and
> sync options. Google for more info.

Don't have another machine with spare IDE slots unfortunately - all Sun
systems except for one PC that's got Windows on it (the 'family PC'!).

I've paid for access to Zeffie's raq4 OS restore CD image which has
Zeffie's package updates included but so far have not received info where
to download it from.

Once I get that I plan to see if I can set up a fresh install on the new
disk, and then copy over when I need from the old one.

> Hmm, i would avoid the SCSI. More hassle than its worth. You wont get it
> booting off a CD without modifying the ROM. Much easier to take the disk out
> and do the work elsewhere.

Yes I was reading something about the ROM revisions. My system has a 2.3.x
firmware rev so probably quite lame about SCSI support.

Craig.

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Craig Dewick <cdewick@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:

> I've paid for access to Zeffie's raq4 OS restore CD image which has
> Zeffie's package updates included but so far have not received info where
> to download it from.

This is just a my .02 cents comment...

Off hand I don't know why you are bother with keeping those raq4's running,
it's not like there is a future to them anymore. The main problem is it's
the hard drive today, tomorrow it'll be the power supply caps or the fans.

Just seems to be tossing work and money to a bottomless pit.

We had a few of them and phased them out as they broke down, switched
everything over to plain old pc's running that Blue Quartz stuff from
nuonce.net. It has it's own share of bugs and minor issues but really is
"what the raq4" should be today.

The best thing about it in my book is migration. If the CMU backups are up
to date, installing the bq on a virgin box, letting it update then restoring
the CMU, you are back in business within a couple hours or less.

Anyway, end of commentary.

The other guy was right, you really should find the hardware and some kind
of os to use the dd with the noerror and sync, I really don't think there is
another practical way of doing it. Doing it any other way, you could end up
letting the drive bang around for days and still not have enough to call it
"a job well done".

Or I guess the snide remark would be, restore from your backups.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com