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Steve McCrystal  wrote:

> I made the backup with BackAgain 2000 Workstation. I had hoped to create 
> a CD that contained the commonly needed utilities and sufficient BA2K 
> files to allow a 'disaster recovery' restore.  I don't need anything 
> particularly fancy, just a simple boot to a command prompt will do. At 
> least as a start. I just need to figure out how to get past DANIBOOT.FLT. 

If you're using DANIBOOT.FLT it sounds as though you're using floppy
emulation boot. Have you tried the memdisk (no-emulation) method? I've
had better sucess with that than with emulation.

> Just got the latest release yesterday, and Doug's addon for the first 
> time.  That script abended with some 'not zero or one' error before it 
> finished. I didn't have time to look thru 62kb of REXX code to try and 
> fix it, so I went back to the manual method. That was no more 
> fruitful... it DID create a CD, the CD did NOT boot. It did, however, 
> contain a boatload of things I didn't want/need. I think I need to go 
> back about 10 versions to see if I can get what I need.  I'm using RSJ, 
> which should simplify things.

Well, my first bootable attempt did have quite a lot of stuff I didn't
really need, but it was only 28-30 mb, so I wasn't too concerned. I may
be biased, but I've never had much luck with RSJ, so I'm not really
sure that it simplifies things a lot. Even for normal CD burning I've
given it away in preference to mkisofs/cdrecord or dvddao. I'm lazy -
write batch files to save me having to remember the commands. However,
with that software combination I've had very few failures.

> Good idea, thanks!  That's essentially what I need.  A basic bootable 
> system with LVM, DFSEE, and the BA2K files would suit me just fine. 

Well, UpdCD will create a complete installation CD, but I have quite
often used it as an emergency repair facilility. I edit the CONFIG.SYS
that it will use before I create the iso image, so that I can include
my tools into the search path, and then go from there.

Depending on which version of OS/2 you use as a base, you may be
offered the choice of floppy emulation or memdisk boot for UpdCD as
well. Again, I've had more sucesses with the non-emulation boot than
with the floppy emulation version.

> Thanks again for the reply!

You're welcome. Hope it was of some help.

If you get stuck, I may be able to find the most recent setup I used
for Bootable - might get you a bit further.

paul.

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Marwick Computer Services - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, UK
OS/2, LAN and general Computer Consultants


 
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