LaserWriter IINTX: Hard Disks Can Be Cloned under A/UX (11/94)


I have attached to a LaserWriter IINTX a hard drive that is apparently bad. Because there is another unit which is still in good condition, is there a way to transfer the contents of the good hard disk to the other?

We don't have a utility specifically designed to copy or back up font info stored on LaserWriter hard disks, but you can clone the disk under A/UX.

* Connect two drives of the same size to an A/UX system.

* Set the SCSI address of the source drive to 5 and the target drive to 6.

* Boot A/UX and login as root.

* At the command line, type:

# dd if=/dev/dsk/c5d0s31 of=/dev/dsk/c6d0s31 (do not type the #)

The process will take about 1 minute per megabyte of disk space. When it is complete, type:

# sync;sync;sync

Log out and shut down the system. Re-connect the disk to the LaserWriter, power-up and print.


Article Change History:
07 Nov 1994 - Reviewed for technical accuracy.

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