Post-Installation Tasks; Restore Your Filesystems - Compaq 386746-001 - ProLiant - 1600 Integration Notes

Migrating from sco openserver 5.0.5 to unixware 7.1 using compaq smartstart v4.23
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Migrating from SCO OpenServer™ 5.0.5 to UnixWare® 7.1 Using Compaq SmartStart v4.23
Step 25: Remove all CDs and diskettes.
Step 26: Restart (reboot) your system.

Post-installation Tasks

? Restore your filesystems.

? Create emergency recovery backup media.
? ? ? ? Restore Your Filesystems
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Restore your user and group data files.
1. Restore the user data into /home directory.
2. If the data files were archived to a tape cartridge, extract the data by using the
3. If the data is archived on another system on the network, use ftp or another file
4. If the data will be transferred over the network, use copy it onto the UnixWare 7.1
IMPORTANT: You must define the /tmp filesystem as a memfs filesystem if you want
to use the UnixWare 7.1 Emergency Recovery Media Utility. See the section "Create
Emergency Recovery Media" in the SCO UnixWare 7.1 Installation Guide.
5. Put in User Profile diskette. Transfer profile.acct to the UnixWare 7.1 server on
Migration Tip
As long passwords are supported in different ways in SCO OpenServer and in UnixWare
7, there are two ways that you can create a user account from the profile depending on
how you want to handle user accounts that have long passwords.
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Select Exit from Host menu to return to Network Configuration Manager.
Select Exit from Hardware menu to complete the PPP Incoming configuration.
command
cpio -icdv -I /dev/rct0
transfer program system to copy the data onto your UnixWare 7.1 system.
system the command
find . -depth -print -follow | cpio -ocvd > /tmp/name.cpio.
(name identifies cpio archive)
which the accounts are to be created by using the command
tar xv / profile.acct from the root directory.
Truncate long passwords to 8 characters. Enter the following command:
ap -r -f profile.acct usernames
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