[Info-vax] Problems restoring image-backup

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-06-28 15:00:20 +0000, jouk said:

> On 28/06/16 16:32, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> Tell the SET BOOTBLOCK command or the sys$setboot tool to write an Alpha
>> bootbilock.  The default is to write the architecture-local boot block.

Did the boot block write work?

> $ sb  -f dka100: -s
> 
> %EFI-E-NOTMOUNTED, target volume is not mounted or not ready
> -EFI-I-SBTRG, seeking:
> -EFI-I-SBDEF, default: [000000]SYS$ISO9960.SYS

I don't recall off-hand if that tool will work with the disk MOUNT 
/FOREIGN, but it might.
So the Itanium cannot mount the restored disk, either?
Either that saveset is not a bootable image backup, is hosed, or BACKUP 
is hosed.

> It is OpenVMS 8.4.
> If I try to mount I get:

On Itanium?  Or Alpha?  Presumably with some UPDATE installed, too.





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