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Subject: Digital Alpha 2100 server, HDD fail

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Name: X-Factor
Date: April 18, 2005 at 04:44:08 Pacific
Subject: Digital Alpha 2100 server, HDD fail
OS: Digital Unix 4.0D
CPU/Ram: 4/233

Comment:

We have an old, yet important, Digital Alpha 2100 server running with Digital Unix 4.0D. Since the HDD is near its end, I ordered a new identical HDD. Now my question is how to move the data from the defect HDD, to the new one and make it run fine again.
Tx in advance
Greetz,
X-Factor

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Response Number 1

Name: X-Factor
Date: April 18, 2005 at 06:04:53 Pacific
Subject: Digital Alpha 2100 server, HDD fail

Reply: (edit)

owkee, I've learned this in the meanwhile.
I've got 2 disks, 1 called RZ0A and one RZ2A (bad mfr).
I've tarred (tar cvfz) the RZ2A disk to a file on the RZ0A disk. Now I need to mount the new disk, create the filesystem, and restore the tar file back to RZ2A. How do I do the last part?
Greetz again...
X-Factor

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Response Number 2

Name: X-Factor
Date: April 18, 2005 at 08:34:50 Pacific
Subject: Digital Alpha 2100 server, HDD fail

Reply: (edit)

Owkee, did it!
newfs -m 99 /dev/rrz2a
mount /dev/rz2a /pc_more
tar -zxvf filename.rar /pc_more
Done!
X-Factor

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