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4.3 Local Restore
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Restoring data to the Winchester drive from the backup diskettes is a
sf mi 1 ar task to the backup process. A 11 backup di skettes were wr1 tten with
a uni que i ndenti fyi ng number duri ng backup, so they can be restored in any
order. follow these steps:
1. Get
all the backup di skettes ready.
2. Load one of the diskettes into the floppy drive. Refer to Appendix
8 for loading of diskettes.
3 .. Press the RESTORE button. Ensure the LED on the button is lit
before releasing it. If you want to abort the command, press all
three buttons simultaneously.
4. Check the numbers on the df sp 1 ay, and make sure it matches the
destination unit to be restored.
The digit on the left is the
HP-
18
port nuri>er, and the other di g1 tis the uni t number. I f the
display reads ·fx·, where x could be 1, 2, or 3, the source unit
represents an invisible floppy
(See
Section 2.4.1 for details). To
change the destination unit number, press and release the SELECT
button till the desired destination unit number appears on the
display.
5. Press the SELECT and RESTORE buttons simultaneously for at least
1/3
fo a second to start the restoring process. The LED of the
floppy drive should be lit now, and the LED on the RESTORE button
should remain lit during the whole process.
.
6. When 'fE' appears on the display, it means the current diskette has
been restored.
When the 3.5' and 8
1
diskette is unloaded, the
display should read If I to acknowledge the change. But for 5.25"
diskette, the display should remain unchanged.
7. Load the next diskette into the drive.
8. If you want to abort the process at this time, press all three
buttons
simultaneously.
Otherwise, press the SELECT button to
continue. The display should show the destination unit number
again.
9. for 3.5' and 8' floppy, repeat step 6
thro~
8 till 'fo' appears
on the display, and as for the 5.25' floppy, repeat those steps
till the digit on the right of the display becomes blank.
This
indicates the
co~letion
of the restore process. Ensure to unload
the last diskette, otherw1se the disk subsytem will remain offline,
and cannot be accessed by the
c~uter.
In addition, verify the
port number of the floppy shown on the display.
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