Should a /boot filesystem be created for SCO OS5?

Keywords

edge BackupEDGE OpenServer OSR5 RecoverEDGE recovery

Release

BackupEDGE 01.01.0x for OpenServer 5

Problem

If the OpenServer 5 operating system used to create the boot diskettes did not contain a boot filesystem, do not create a boot filesystem during boot recovery.

Cause

When OpenServer 5 is installed via the "fresh install" method, a root and boot filesystem will exist. However, if OpenServer 5 is installed via the "in-place upgrade" method, only a root filesystem exists. If you create a boot filesystem when that filesystem did not exist previously, the restore will be unsuccessful.

Solution

Verify the filesystem layout that existed when the boot diskettes were made. One way to do this would be to keep a hard copy of the RecoverEDGE 2 Hard Drive Status Report and refer to this report while performing a restore through RecoverEDGE 2. A copy of this file is placed in /etc/RE2.REPORT when the boot diskettes are created.

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